The orca shown "punting" the common murre last Saturday is part of a family unit cataloged by the California Killer Whale Project as the CA51As, led by the matriarch, nicknamed Aurora.

The population of Bigg’s killer whales — which is believed to be in the hundreds — has grown since the government stopped ...

Orcas are known for jumping out of the water in majestic jumps, but a photographer captured something rarer: an orca sending a seal flying in the air. They aren't exactly flying creatures.

A rescue operation for an orca calf trapped in a remote tidal lagoon off Vancouver Island has been put on hold after it started eating seal meat thrown in the water for what is believed to be the ...

Identified as whale CA216C1 by the California Killer Whale Project, the white orca is also known by its nickname Frosty and is about 4 years old. It's unclear whether Frosty is male or female.

Now, a solitary orca–aka killer whale–has been observed eating a great white shark for the first time. The findings are described in a study published March 1 in the African Journal of Marine ...

Rogue orcas are thriving on the high seas—and they’re eating big whales. A fourth type of Pacific killer whale may live miles offshore from California and Oregon, preying on whales, other ...

SEATTLE — Orca sightings around Puget Sound have been on the rise the last couple months, according to a whale expert. "The stars aligned, the planets aligned, everything in the universe just ...

A rare white killer whale was spotted in Monterey Bay, California, on Oct. 15. The orca, named Frosty, is likely white due to leucism or Chediak-Higashi syndrome, according to the tour agency that ...

Orca Whale Spotted Killing Great White Shark in Under 2 Minutes in 'Unprecedented' Attack. Scientists say the implications of a killer whale hunting solo, rather than in a group, ...

Transient Orcas Hunting Seals. Watch transient orca 'T69C' punt a harbour seal 80 feet into the air near Victoria, BC! SHARE if you love these magnificent creatures (or if you feel sorry for the ...

The astonishing scene is brought to mind by recent footage showing an orca "punting" a common murre 20 feet into the air. Orca bats seal 70 feet skyward in what remains a ‘punt’ for the ages ...