A critically endangered killer whale group has welcomed a new calf after it was spotted for the first time near Washington. The Southern Resident killer whale baby was discovered April 6 in the Salish ...

On a Sunday afternoon in March 1976, SeaWorld contractors herded a family of orcas into Budd Inlet at the southern tip of ...

The orca calf belongs to a family of transient killer whales, or “Bigg’s” killer whales, and was first spotted in the Salish ...

Experts believe they got the name “killer whale,” not for hunting humans, but when ancient sailors saw them hunting large whales. Orcas are carnivores and eat a large variety of marine animals ...