Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

Some animals rely on brute strength to hunt, while others use intelligence, deception, and teamwork to outwit their prey.

By Keith Anthony Fabro When certain algae flourish in the sea, they produce neurotoxins that can sicken both humans and ...

The 39-foot gray whale carcass was discovered floating off Marina del Rey on Saturday with most of its head missing.

In her letter to senators on the eve of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing to become the country’s next health ...

Bigg’s killer whales prey predominantly on other marine mammals, including gray whales. But virtually all previous gray whale predations have involved much smaller calves. The CA56/CA133 pod has ...

Over the weekend, a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler State Beach, prompting an outpouring of grief ...

What's interesting here, because their prey is out on the ice, it seems these pack ice killer whales are okay with vocalizing. And that's never been known before. This is completely new.

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...