24. AIMEE LEMIEUX photo (NOAA permit 18786) The two pygmy killer whales that stranded themselves at Sugar Beach on Sept. 24 had inflamed lymph nodes that suggested they were fighting infection ...

The Southern Resident killer whale population is fighting for survival, but it may have a new ray of hope – a brand new calf.

Australian authorities have confirmed that 67 of the 157 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach on Tasmania’s West Coast overnight Tuesday/Wednesday have died. Parks and Wildlife’s ...

Picture: Jocelyn Flint Earlier: Attempts to refloat 90 false killer whales fighting for their lives on a Tasmanian beach has been thwarted by unfavourable weather conditions, expert says.

The pod of Bigg’s killer whales visited Elliott Bay and were seemingly on a hunt underwater just off Seattle’s maritime industrial docks. The pod exited the bay close to the West Seattle ...

Our small team of scientists and filmmakers has travelled for weeks to be in this position, able at last to observe and record the behaviour of the pack ice killer whales known as B1s. And finally ...

The mass stranding event involved 157 false killer whales in the first such stranding of the species in the state in about 50 years.

Image by Far Out Ocean Research Collective. A pod of false killer whales off the coast of New Zealand. False killer whales are a fascinating species that we still have much to learn about.

Hargrove: Daniel He’s a whistle-blower who carried an actual whistle, which he wore around his neck during his 12 years as a trainer of killer whales at SeaWorld theme parks. The whistle ...

Orcas are toothed whales and are closely related to narwhals and belugas, sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and porpoises. They are massive, and male orcas can weigh up to 22,000 pounds.