ANTIBES, France -- In what they call a world first, researchers in Europe say they've taught an orca whale to successfully imitate a variety of sounds, including calls made by other animal species and ...

A Southern Resident killer whale surfacing in Puget Sound with a dead salmon balanced on its head has drawn international attention. The incident, documented in late 2024, has not only surprised ...

Biologists with the Center for Whale Research have documented a new southern resident killer whale calf traveling with L pod.

In recent years, one of the most interesting families of West Coast Bigg’s orcas for local whale watching is the T65A pod. These killer whales spend considerable time in the Salish Sea hunting marine ...

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 ...

ADMIRALTY INLET, Wash. — For the first time this fall, members of the endangered Southern Resident orca population were spotted in Puget Sound. The sighting was highly anticipated by researchers and ...

This is the first time pack-ice killer whale vocalizations have been recorded. Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and ...

On March 20, an orca calf was spotted in the Puget Sound. That alone is cause for excitement, but this calf has an interesting story: The calf is related to a killer whale that was captured by ...

ANTIBES, France -- In what they call a world first, researchers in Europe say they've taught an orca whale to successfully imitate a variety of sounds, including calls made by other animal species and ...