“Generally speaking, the ones that eat fish do not eat mammals,” Deborah Giles, science and research director for the non-profit organization Wild Orca, told ZME Science. “The ones that eat mammals ...

SEATTLE — A longtime federal scientist is raising concerns about the future of Southern Resident Killer Whale recovery efforts. This comes after she stepped away from the National Oceanic and ...

The orca that made headlines in 2018 for carrying her stillborn calf for 17 days off the coast of Washington and British Columbia has given birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research ...

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Northwest Pacific orcas have started wearing salmon hats again, bringing back a bizarre trend first described in the 1980s, researchers say. This is the first time they've donned the bizarre headgear ...

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Fisherman Clay Ching and his two daughters were fishing some 13 miles off of Kaunakakai, which is on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, when they spotted the orcas, also known as killer whales. At first ...

SEATTLE — A longtime federal scientist is raising concerns about the future of Southern Resident Killer Whale recovery efforts. This comes after she stepped away from the National Oceanic and ...