A paddleboarder from Juneau had an unforgettable encounter with an orca pod. Saffron Hayes captured the entire event on video near Lena Point, just 14 miles northwest of downtown Juneau. This ...

A killer whales (Orca) plays in water. Image via Depositphotos. Discover the awe-inspiring world of killer whales as they hunt dolphins with remarkable precision and coordination. Witnessing this ...

(Video posted below.) It was the first known encounter involving a large pod of “offshore” killer whales, or orcas, in Monterey Bay since November 2021. Boaters in the region are far more ...

27 encounter in the San Juan Channel, which led them to believe the calf had died. The research team said it would be "extremely unlikely" for an orca that young to have been on its own for the ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over ...

In a day of sadness and surprise, researchers on Puget Sound on Tuesday found J61, the new calf born to mother orca Tahlequah, had not survived — and that a new calf also had been born to J pod.

An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf for more than two weeks was again spotted carrying the body of her newborn, just days after researchers confirmed she'd given birth.

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

A Norwegian sailing boat was severely damaged by orcas off the coast of Portugal, marking the latest in a series of mysterious encounters between marine mammals and vessels in the region.