Odontocetes, or whales with teeth, use echolocation to hunt their food with sound rather than sight. They eat squid, octopus, fish, prawns, crustaceans and other marine mammals, sucking in their ...

Southern resident killer whales of the Pacific are a group ... They suggest it is also possible that the whales have trouble eating at different times of the year; they may find enough salmon ...

Under these circumstances, killer whales have been known to hunt and prey on moose. This unusual predator-prey dynamic is not widely known, which is a shame as it demonstrates the versatility of ...

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.

Whether out of forgiveness, fading memory or just simple animal behavior, the Southern Resident orcas’ L pod — one of three ...

Since 2020, orcas have rammed into nearly 700 boats in the waters off Spain and Portugal, according to The Guardian.

Researchers captured Southern Resident killer whales on camera during an Oct. 29 outing. NMFS #27038/DFO SARA 388 Screengrab ...

Killer whales are apex predators with a varied diet, but not all orcas eat the same things. Dr. García Cegarra explained that orca populations can be assigned to different ecotypes based on their ...