Whale watchers identified the pod as Bigg's killer whales, a type that hunts marine mammals and lives in the Salish Sea. The ...

SEATTLE —For more than a century, killer whales have been understood to be just one worldwide species, Orcinus orca, with many types. But now, after decades of work, scientists have determined the ...

Scientists thought they were perhaps the offspring of one female with genetic aberrations. It’s been 14 years since Bob Pitman set out to find an unusual-looking type of killer whale. It had been ...

Aerial image of Southern Resident killer whales taken in the Salish Sea off southern Vancouver Island during health research by SR3 SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation and Research. Images by John Durban ...

Scientists say they discovered that two well-known types of killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean are actually two separate species and not just different races. In a study published Wednesday, ...

Recently, people have spotted killer whales engaging in some unique behavior. They are rubbing their bellies along the rocks ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. John Ford still recalls ...

Amongst all the different killer whale populations around the world, there's only a couple that have been observed doing this ...

People at a beach on the Sunshine Cost were left awestruck after watching a pod of killer whales swim close to the shore. Amongst all of the different killer whale populations around the world, few ...