SEATTLE — A new orca calf spotted in the Puget Sound last week is part of the family of the last killer whale captured in United States waters. The new Bigg's, or mammal-hunting, orca calf was ...

They were the killer whales known as Port and Starboard who had been rampaging the South African coast. Their surprising victims: great white sharks. Shark experts such as Jacobs have spent years ...

Killer whales are known for hunting in packs, making them a dangerous creature. A pod of more than 60 orcas, better known as killer whales, have been spotted attacking and killing an 18-metre-long ...

The orca calf belongs to a family of transient killer whales, or “Bigg’s” killer whales, and was first spotted in the Salish Sea on Thursday, March 20, between Port Townsend and the San Juan ...

A killer whale has become a first-time mom after a peachy-orange calf was spotted swimming with her off Washington, a whale watching group said. The baby orca was discovered March 20 in the Salish ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff who overcame resistance to reshape the Roman Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at 88. by KOMO News Staff TOPICS: SEATTLE — A new Bigg’s orca ...

Orcas are toothed whales and are closely related to narwhals and belugas, sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and porpoises. They are massive, and male orcas can weigh up to 22,000 pounds.

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 Washington-based centre ...

It was swimming alongside its mother, T046B3 “Sedna,” and more than a dozen other Bigg’s killer whales that day, the group said. It has been seen several more times since then.