Conservation helped stop most whale hunting. Now shipping kills them and little is done to avoid collision risk ...

In a remote corner of Antarctica, a group of killer whales capture their prey in the most extraordinary fashion. In a remote corner of Antarctica, a group of killer whales capture their prey in ...

The winter whale-watching season typically runs from December to April, and for your best chance of spotting the majestic ...

The scientists mapped and quantified movement for four globally distributed large whale species — the blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales — based on 435,000 locations and then related the ...

There have been isolated reports in the past of killer whales (also known as orcas) attacking a whale shark. But a study, published Friday in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, is the first ...

Southern resident killer whales are critically endangered and most likely on a path toward extinction. A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head earlier this fall near the ...

Image: Killer whales surface to breath before taking the whale shark down and delivering a rapid, final blow. Pic: Kelsey Williamson This is the first time marine scientists have documented the ...

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