The Wild Fish Conservancy is a nonprofit conservation organization headquartered in Washington state and working from ...

Scientists believe that the kissing-like behavior likely reinforces "social bonds" between the animals Scientists have recorded the wild orcas engaging in "tongue-nibbling" — a social behavior similar ...

On Nov. 2, Orca Channel, a tour company that researches and captures media of Arctic wildlife, shared in a Facebook post that researchers on a recent whale-watching trip with Green Gold of Norway ...

Wild orcas occasionally approach humans and offer us food, according to a new study — but scientists aren't sure why. Researchers have documented dozens of cases of orcas (Orcinus orca), also known as ...

SEATTLE — The endangered killer whales of the Pacific Northwest live very different lives from orcas in captivity. They swim up to 100 miles (161 kilometers) a day in pursuit of salmon, instead of ...

Orcas made a spectacular showing this summer near British Columbia in Canada. And, lucky for us land-dwellers, many of those underwater moments were caught on camera. Explore.org's network of live ...

A federal judge has awarded an environmental group more than $1.6 million for prevailing in a lawsuit against Endangered ...

SEATTLE – Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in four oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop relationships with humans, researchers have found. In each of the ...

Their leadership calls them Orca Team Six. Pods of killer whales are creeping up on merchant ships, disabling their rudders, ...

The award-winning documentary "Blackfish" clearly showed that captive killer whales (orcas) live horrific lives. They are routinely mistreated, forced to breed, and forced to perform stupid and ...