Killer Whale Facts That Prove They're the Baddies of the Sea. Story by Heather Comparetto • 11mo. S ure, killer whales were in the news last summer for taking names and sinking boats, ...

Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...

Today, if a dolphin reaches a size of more than 30 feet long, it may be referred to by some as a whale, but the rules of taxonomy still classify the orca as a dolphin," wrote the Ocean Conservancy.

Killer whales have joined the rare club of animals that can make and use tools, for the first time being observed crafting a kind of brush out of kelp and then using it on fellow pod members. The ...

It’s World Orca Week (World Orca Day is July 14) so here’s a few things you may not know about the ocean’s top predator. What’s in a name? Orcas, often referred to as killer whales, are a ...

How long an orca lives depends on its sex. Females live longer than males. In fact, some female orcas have outlived their male counterparts by more than 20 years, according to the nonprofit Wild Orca.

While well-documented in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctica, much less is known about killer whales (Orcinus orca) in ...

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.