A video of the woman approaching the whales was posted to YouTube and later used as evidence in court. The judge ruled it ...

The adult female, seeking a new home with her calf after the closure of Marineland in France, faces the grim reality of ...

The Fire of Love – second Annual Valentine’s Day event at Orcas Center is on Friday, Feb. 14, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Madrona Room, Orcas Center, by donation. Enjoy hot cider, tea and popcorn. Bring ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales face ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

Researchers collected DNA samples from the distinctive bite wounds on the shark’s body that washed ashore near Portland, ...

A welcome sight Thursday morning: Orcas in the Puget Sound. Experts say there’s one distinct thing people should know about ...

Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers ...

Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators.

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...