The Vancouver Port Authority says it is taking more measures to help protect endangered southern resident killer whales that live off B.C.'s coast. As part of their Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and ...

But whale species also produce loud underwater songs. What stops killer whales from homing in on their calls and attacking them?. New research from the University of Washington finds some baleen ...

But this isn’t the first time researchers have documented killer whales attacking great white sharks. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent ...

In 1992, a colleague had returned from a fishing trip in Baja with a story about seeing two killer whales attacking a whale shark. But Ms. Schulman-Janiger was never able to confirm the event.

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be ...

New study finds ship collisions are top killer for whales Conservation helped stop most whale hunting. Now shipping kills them and little is done to avoid collision risk ...

Killer whales themselves can grow to be up to 26 ft long (8 m) and weigh in excess of 6 tons. Whale sharks are filter feeders, which means they have large mouths with which to eat plankton and ...

Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of ...

Pod of Bigg's killer whales caught on video in rarely seen bird hunt off Seattle 00:53. A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the ...

The last time so many false killer whales were stranded in Tasmania was 50 years ago in June 1974 when a pod of 160 to 170 were found at Black River beach on the island’s northern coast. It’s ...