The black and slightly orange Bigg’s killer whale was spotted swimming with its mother, Sedna, in the Salish Sea ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

According to the NOAA, there are about 50,000 killer whales globally. Approximately 2,500 live in the eastern North Pacific ...

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

A new orca whale calf spotted in Puget Sound in Washington State is the latest addition to a well-known family of killer whales with ... Washington. The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA ...

The calf was spotted several additional times over the weekend, according to the Pacific ... whales were the last animals to be captured in American waters. The PWWA said at least 30 Bigg's killer ...

assistant professor at Hawaii Pacific University. “Based on the shape of the fin and the white lips, I would say it’s a pygmy killer whale.” Experts said there has never been a sighting of a ...

But animal welfare groups ... stating that ‘the Orca Ocean spectacle deserves a special mention’ on their website. “This outdated idea that we can keep whales and dolphins captive without ...

Baleen whales are among the largest creatures in the ocean, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe from other animals. A pod of orcas can take ... are all-but acoustically invisible to killer whales,” the ...

“For their part, animals play an important role in moving nutrients. Seabirds transport nitrogen and phosphorus from the ocean to the ... from predators like killer whales.

Many people refer to orcas as “killer whales“, and for good reason. They are the ultimate top dogs of the ocean, able to take down large whales and even great white sharks! But what about humans — ...

According to the NOAA, there are about 50,000 killer whales globally. Approximately 2,500 live in the eastern North Pacific Ocean, which is home to the most well-studied killer whale populations.