A sailor is currently stranded on the island of Gibraltar after a pod of five orcas attacked his yacht, disabling both rudders and treating the disabled boat like a plaything in the water. The attack ...

SEATTLE — With 54 days remaining in the year, 2023 has already seen a second consecutive record set for killer whale sightings in the Salish Sea. Last year's all-time high of1,220 unique sightings ...

Orca Channel photographer Krisztina Balotay captured some of the first-ever images of a killer whale birth while on a ...

“Rake marks” on a 52-foot fin whale that stranded in San Diego. When a whale washes ashore, it’s often in a sorry state — bloated, decomposing, stinking to high heavens. But the 52-foot fin whale that ...

A pod of orcas — or killer whales, if you will — ganged up on an unsuspecting yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, toyed with the vessel, and completely stripped it of its rudders. The close encounter ...

Orcas have gobbled up news headlines this past year due to numerous reports of these killer whales harassing — and at times even sinking — boats, sparking countless memes and befuddlement. When they ...

SEATTLE — The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) has announced the arrival of the first humpback whale calf of the 2025 season in the Salish Sea - and the baby's mother is practically a cetacean ...

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 ...