A peachy orange baby killer whale was spotted bouncing and rolling in waters off Washington, a nonprofit said. A pod of the ...

Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose ...

A baby humpback whale was adrift just offshore ... A stranded dolphin is brought to the Orca Institute in the hopes it can be helpful for research. (Ari Daniel) Inside the necropsy room, a ...

Baleen whales have developed a stunning survival trick—singing at frequencies that their predators can’t hear! Scientists have discovered that these massive creatures use low-frequency vocalizations ...

Over 150 whales have stranded themselves on a remote beach in Tasmania, with authorities attempting to reach the scene to ...

The newest member in the J Pod of the Southern Resident killer whales, calf J62, has been confirmed as a female by the Center ...

Some baleen whale species are capable of evading orcas — their only known predators — by using stealth-like communication, according to new research. Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at ...

SEATTLE — It’s official – it’s a girl! The Center for Whale Research confirmed Sunday that the new orca calf in the J pod, J62, is female.

It’s a girl! The Center for Whale Research is celebrating after learning the sex of the newest member of the Southern ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales, which eat using a system in their mouths to filter their plankton diet from the water. The whales that travel in groups and are more ...

One of the world’s most powerful predators, the orca (Orcinus orca), also known as a killer whale, is in fact the largest member of the dolphin family. The findings expand on marine researchers’ ...