Almost the entire population of southern resident killer whales gathered in central Puget Sound on Sunday, but the newest ...

When nearly the entire population of southern resident killer whales were spotted gathered in the Puget Sound, researchers ...

The Center for Whale Research is closely monitoring future orca encounters after determining that the new calf, J-64, is most ...

According to experts, it's incredibly rare for the J pod to be seen south of the Puget Sound. As the co-founder of the ...

There are two species of killer whale found in the Salish Sea — they are Bigg’s killer whales, the marine mammal-eaters, and southern resident killer whales, that eat salmon. The two subspecies could ...

SEATTLE —For more than a century, killer whales have been understood to be just one worldwide species, Orcinus orca, with many types. But now, after decades of work, scientists have determined the ...

A killer whale in Monterey Bay, Calif. A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head earlier this fall near the coastline in Washington state, surprising scientists and intriguing orca ...

This is the first time pack-ice killer whale vocalizations have been recorded. Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. John Ford still recalls ...

For the first time in more than 50 years, a pod of killer whales has been spotted swimming in a notorious part of Washington's Puget Sound. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's called Penn Cove, and it's known ...

John Ford still recalls the first time he heard them. He’d been puttering around the Deserters Group archipelago, a smattering of spruce- and cedar-choked islands in Queen Charlotte Strait, between ...

ANTIBES, France -- In what they call a world first, researchers in Europe say they've taught an orca whale to successfully imitate a variety of sounds, including calls made by other animal species and ...