This isn’t just a theoretical concern. Remember the Golden State Killer case? Investigators used DNA from a distant relative ...

The baby killer whale is the fourth born into the Southern Resident killer whale population in the past 12 months Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

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 ...

The animals migrate through a gantlet of perils as they navigate some of the world's most heavily shipped regions, maneuver through discarded fishing lines and gear, dodge pods of killer whales ...

Then, his sister took a DNA test, and those suspicions turned ... found out when his sister Carol received her Ancestry.com results, which revealed an unknown biological brother.

Rescuers had been trying to monitor the sperm whale since late last week. Animal rights campaigners and marine zoo official say Mediterranean is 'too warm' for killer whales. The animals are known ...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Centre for Whale Research says ...

A new baby orca born to J Pod is a ray of hope for the endangered southern resident killer whales. J63 was spotted by Mark Malleson, field biologist for the Center for Whale Research, on April 6.

An orca attack on a pygmy blue whale is witnessed by researchers and tourists onboard a whale-watching vessel off the WA coast. It is one of just a handful of documented killer whale attacks on a ...