The orca, recognizable because of its unique dorsal fin, is periodically seen swimming alone off the Cape and Islands. The ...

Killer whales usually specialize in hunting a single type of prey, and humans are not on that 'menu'.

He’s back! The familiar killer whale “Old Thom” has returned to the waters off the Cape, as local fishermen spotted the ...

A TikTok video is giving viewers a front-row seat to an incredibly close encounter with the ocean: an orca circling a fishing boat — and apparently eyeing the crew's tuna — before a man jumps into the ...

During a live show at SeaWorld San Diego in 2007, experienced trainer Ken Peters was performing with the orca Kasatka when ...

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. For a few pods of killer whales in the Puget Sound area of ...

Along remote coastlines, killer whale parents teach their young how to intentionally beach themselves for prey in a tradition ...

After stranding on a Florida beach, an orca’s odyssey to the museum will offer rich research opportunities Emma Saaty Orcinus orca, also known as the “killer whale,” is the ocean’s top predator.

A stunning wildlife moment was caught on camera. It's the jaw-dropping image of jaws going from predator to prey as an orca takes down a great white shark. The video is of Sophia - a 60-year-old ...

First observed in the 1980s, the fad of orcas swimming around with dead salmon on their foreheads off Washington State seemed to have faded—until now. An orca from the southern resident population off ...