Orcas acted as primary scouts by actively seeking out baleen whales and alerting the whalers by breaching and slapping their tails at the mouth of the river. This 90-year alliance proves that Orcas ...

Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species ...

Long before SeaWorld and fear, humans and killer whales hunted side by side. In the deep waters of Australia, orcas and people formed a sacred pact, working together to bring down massive whales. For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of well-studied orcas known as Southern Resident orcas are endangered and face multiple threats to survival. New research ...

Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are incredibly intelligent creatures, capable of complex hunting strategies. They also engage ...