King penguins are adapting to climate change in a way that seems to help them breed successfully, which is unusual.

Three mystery whales have been surprising whale watchers from Canada to Olympia. When somebody gets the thrill of seeing an orca in Northwest waters, that whale is almost always well known. Scientists ...

Marine life researchers are tracking a mysterious pod of orcas recently spotted moving through the Salish Sea.

If you can explain Antarctica, you've never been there.' That was the quote from our captain, Jorn Bowitz, as we set off on our voyage to the White Continent.

Getting close to a stingray is risky, even for an accomplished predator such as an orca. They are not called stingrays for ...

Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.

Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might ...

In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer ...

Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a published study in the journal Ecosphere. The types of fish ...

A tour group has reported what could be the first sighting of a pod of Antarctic type B killer whales in WA's Bremer Canyon. Antarctic orca populations are rarely seen in Australian waters, but ...

Killer whales in aquariums regularly eat ice cubes, even though ice provides no calories or nutrients. It's a curious practice that has generated many questions because wild orcas never encounter ice ...

Tourists aboard a cruise to Antarctica had a front row seat to the cruel realities of nature recently, as they watched a pod of orcas chase down a penguin. Adam Lindemann was on the cruise ship when ...