KITTY HAWK, N.C. (WAVY) – A survey crew that has spent the past five years tracking whale locations just had their first orca sighting — off the coast of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

In the film, Lummi tribal fisher Tah-Mahs Ellie Kinley describes ... Southern residents are the only orca — also called blackfish or killer whales — on the Endangered Species List.

Timo Dersch encountered the whales while freediving in the waters surrounding Norway A freediver observing orcas was interrupted by another species of whale. Earlier in 2025, diver Timo Dersch was ...

SEATTLE — A new orca calf spotted in the Puget Sound last week is part of the family of the last killer whale captured in United States waters. The new Bigg's, or mammal-hunting, orca calf was ...

It's whale watch week on the Oregon Coast, and a pod of orcas was spotted off the coast of Depoe Bay. Early Monday morning, marine biologist Carrie Newell with Whale Research EcoExcursions ...