MOSCOW, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Russian rescuers returned a young female killer whale to the Sea of Okhotsk on Thursday after the orca beached in the far east, the emergency situations ministry said.

A stunning video shows an anxious baby killer whale approaching humans in a boat to rescue its mother who is stuck in a fishing net. After the rescue service experts calm down the baby whale ...

Although they eat a lot during the summer, they barely eat anything when they migrate to warmer waters for winter breeding. While you may imagine that blue whales have no real ocean predators due to ...

Members of the J Pod were spotted Tuesday afternoon off Blake Island as we learn that a member of the K Pod has likely died.

Beloved Southern Resident killer whale Tokitae, also called Lolita, was captured from her native waters in Penn Cove more than 50 years ago. For the first time since that traumatic event ...

OK, I see you have your hand up with an answer, but I’m going to take this one, alright? Killer whales hunt moose. Right? Th ...

Washed-up whales the world over carry tens of pounds of plastic trash in their stomachs, a testament to this pervasive issue. “Certain animals seem to be almost incapable of not eating ...

On This Week’s Episode: One whale, and what it represents for millions of people. New York Times Audio is home to the “This American Life” archive. Download the app — available to Times ...

In the Pacific Ocean, killer whales fall into three groups, or ecotypes, based on differences, including their appearance and diet: residents, transients, and offshores. While residents eat fish ...

Four killer whales have been sighted swimming near the border of Dutch and UK territorial waters in the North Sea. It is extremely rare to see orcas in the North Sea but observers from the Dorsal Fin ...