Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded ...

Learn how the deeply intelligent killer whale learns to communicate by listening.

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ...

Baleen whales are unique and breathtaking animals and are known for undertaking some of the longest migrations in the world.

The baby killer whale is the fourth born into the Southern Resident killer whale population in the past 12 months ...

"While not the outcome we hoped for, it was in the best interest of this whale," the Marine Mammal Center said Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University ...

A rare and surprising visitor made its presence known off the coast of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on March 13, 2025—a killer ...

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 says ...

J pod is one of three pods of orcas found in the Pacific Northwest ... “This is J40’s first known calf and the fourth born into the Southern Resident killer whale population in the past 12 months – a ...

Alaska resident killer whales and offshore killer whales found the southern residents to be more inbred than the other populations. Within the southern resident population, the more-inbred whales ...

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 ...