Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

As humans increasingly appear in orcas' marine neighborhoods, the whales could be interested in learning about us: our ...

Researchers have documented orcas dropping prey and other marine life in front of humans, as if offering us food. The orcas' ...

Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

Charlotte Rampling and Richard Harris are the heavy-hitting Oscar nominees facing off with a big plastic whale.

Researchers have identified a fascinating behavior in killer whales, aka orcas: they sometimes offer to share their prey with ...

A surprising new study now shows that orcas have a softer, possibly even romantic, side as they are caught kissing on film ...

Keeping track of hundreds of orcas is being made simpler with the help of an AI algorithm that can identify individual killer whales with 92% accuracy.

In a groundbreaking behavioral study, wild orcas—apex predators revered for their intelligence—have been observed voluntarily ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Comparative Psychology, scientists from Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico ...

The whales were recorded in Norway - Scientists have observed similar behaviour in the past but have not decoded it ...