A new marine predator has emerged that challenges the dominance of the mighty whale sharks in the ocean. These are the orcas, popularly known as killer whales. Killer whales typically eat marine ...

The clip of the shock killer whale attack was captured on camera for the National Geographic series 'Queens' Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

The grieving whale was most recently spotted carrying her daughter, who died on New Year's Eve, in Haro Strait on Jan. 10 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

January 6, 2023 marks the six-year anniversary of the death of Tilikum—one of the most famous orcas in the world. The orca—which was in captivity for 33 years—died at SeaWorld Orlando and is infamous ...

A young male orca that started regurgitating fish and then ambushing seagulls attracted by the mess seems to have set off a wave of cultural transmission in his neighborhood. The innovative killer ...

At least 15 human-orca incidents were recorded in 2020. An orca started a fad in the summer of 1987 when it killed a salmon and returned to the surface with the dead fish draped on top of its head.

A 14-year-old orca whale named Wilkie has learned how to “speak” to humans. Wilkie, who lives at a whale aquarium in France, was able to imitate a human saying “hello,” “bye bye” and “one, two” after ...

An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks and a distance of 1,000 miles has given birth again, according to the Center for Whale Research.

Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state has been seen carrying her dead newborn calf in what appears to be an effort to revive it. Researchers with the Center for Whale Research, Sea Doc ...