Far from the fearsome reputation implied by their name, “killer whales”, orcas sometimes offer people gifts of food. Why ...

It seems like not a day goes by without orcas exhibiting some brand new unexpected behavior. Now, we can add making out to ...

Researchers have identified a fascinating behavior in killer whales, aka orcas: they sometimes offer to share their prey with ...

Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their ...

Scientists documented 34 remarkable cases of wild killer whales trying to give food to humans across four oceans over 20 ...

Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

A new Whale Alert mobile app, which has just launched in Europe, is designed to help avoid and flag whale interactions.

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The target was mega‑iceberg A‑68A, a floating platform roughly twice the area ...