One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring—when she noticed something very odd about what ...

Killer whales are among the oceans’ top predators. But in Iceland, pilot whales have them running scared. Filipa Samarra This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and ...

It is unclear if southern resident killer whale J36, also known as Alki, had a stillborn calf or if her female newborn died ...

Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state has been seen carrying her dead newborn calf in an apparent effort to revive it.

More than 30 pilot whales stranded on a New Zealand beach were successfully returned to the sea thanks to a collaborative effort by locals and conservation workers, who used sheets to refloat the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A female short-finned pilot whale, named “Gale”, has a second chance at life after she returns to the sea. The 725-pound whale beached herself in Dixie County, Florida on July 1.

A mass stranding of long-finned pilot whales in southwestern Australia led to the deaths of 29 of the beached creatures on Thursday, officials said. Another 100 or so of the whales were rescued and ...

A Southern Resident killer whale has been spotted clinging to her dead baby in the Salish Sea off northern Washington, a conservation group said. J-36, also known as Alki, was seen Sept. 12 in the ...