Scientists confirm that orcas and dolphins have lost the ability to return to dry land due to irreversible evolutionary ...

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...

Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." Scientists ... it could also be hunting practice. Orcas are the largest members of the dolphin family. Males are bigger than females, but they ...

Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale predation on white sharks in Australia.

Members of the marine mammal rescue group Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder walk with a Pygmy killer whale that was found stranded off the beach at Long Key State Park in the Florida Keys on ...

The team at Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder received a report of a stranded dolphin off the coast of Long Key State Park earlier this month.

Photo from Felix Rottmann, UnSplash While fishing off the coast of Honduras in 2023, a group of anglers stumbled upon a rare sight: a pod of orcas hunting ... as the killer whales were observed ...

Orcas, also called killer whales, are apex predators of the ocean. Their intelligence, hunting skills, and sheer power make ...