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Killer whales have been documented offering food provisions to humans swimming near them or in nearby boats. Learn more about ...
“Considered to be the most famous humpback whale in the world, Migaloo may be the only pure white adult humpback whale alive ...
Photographer Brian Skerry swims with killer whales and discovers these apex predators have unique cultures that aren’t that different from our own. An Orca calf swims with two adults through ...
A well-known male killer whale was spotted June 9 traveling alone through Yaquina Bay and along the central Oregon coast, drawing attention from researchers, photographers and onlookers as he ...
How Orcas (Killer Whales) Are Predators of Moose. A YouTube video from BioArk delves into the hunting and killing methods of orcas, specifically their approach to targeting moose. It may sound ...
Why is it important if whales eat plastic? Whale species are already under severe threat. After many years of being hunted — some of which continues to this day — and in an ocean which is getting ...
She remembers one 2012 incident in which humpbacks swam from miles away to spend seven hours harassing killer whales preying upon a gray whale calf. “They had something to say about what was ...
In the vast Pacific Ocean, a dramatic and unexpected rescue unfolds as a pod of hungry killer whales attacks a defenseless baby blue whale. With no sign of its mother, the baby whale is helpless ...
While the goal is to preserve as many of the whale skeleton’s real bones as possible, the Seymour Center suspects that eventually, the environment will wear down the bones to the point that Ms. Blue ...
Bioacoustic analysis revealed that blue whale songs have lowered in frequency by about 30% since the 1960s—dropping from around 22 Hz to approximately 15 Hz. What baffled researchers was that this ...
Killer whale T65A Artemis, a female born in 1986, is well known for moonwalking. “It is a rather unique behaviour,” said Hall. She watched the video and said it was great the witness filmed it.