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.

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 ...

Killer whales are known for hunting in packs, making them a dangerous creature. A pod of more than 60 orcas, better known as killer whales, have been spotted attacking and killing an 18-metre-long ...

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.

Tourists and researchers witnessed a pod of orcas hunt and kill an endangered pygmy blue whale. © Robert Pittman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Every summer ...

SEATTLE — Researchers confirmed a new calf was spotted swimming with orcas in the J Pod over the weekend. The Center for Whale Research shared the birth on social media Tuesday, calling it “a ...