Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

Orcas in the Puget Sound. Experts say there’s one distinct thing people should know about these pods. They’re killer Biggs, ...

Staff at Captain Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari spotted a group of killer whales swimming near Dana Point, ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...

In Antarctica, killer whales hunt using their intelligence and teamwork. Swimming together to create powerful waves, they can wash seals off pieces of floating ice. Follow a team of scientists and ...

Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water ...

Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." Scientists don't know whether orcas kill for fun. The marine mammals do some things, like killing and tossing dead porpoises in the air ...

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 the ...