An almost two-decade study has identified two distinct groups of transient orcas that lead very different lifestyles. Andrew ...

A commentary by cetacean scientists with Raincoast Conservation Foundation. They co-direct Raincoast’s Cetacean Conservation Research Program. As the saying goes, everyone is entitled to their own ...

A group of nine Bigg’s orcas attacked and killed an adult minke whale near Smith Island, Washington — about 40 kilometres southeast of Victoria — on Friday. The scene played out in front of a boat of ...

2:00 Orphaned orca not yet reunited with family The orphaned orca calf that escaped from a Vancouver Island lagoon earlier this year has yet to reunite with her family, according to researchers, but ...

2:19 Orphaned orca calf swims into deeper waters on her own At 2:30 a.m. Friday at high tide, B.C.’s orphaned orca whale calf, Kwee-sa-hay-is or Brave Little Hunter, swam past the sandbar her mother ...

Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators. Man charged in fatal shooting of cleaning woman who ...

Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two genetically distinct populations being identified by Canadian scientists. But ...

In pricey spas, kelp facials and body wraps can set the esthetically inclined human back hundreds of dollars. But in the Salish Sea off British Columbia, southern resident killer whales are also using ...

Scientists have spotted orcas hunting a nursery of juvenile sharks for the first time, flipping them upside down and feeding ...

In pricey spas, kelp facials and body wraps can set the esthetically inclined human back hundreds of dollars. But in the Salish Sea off British Columbia's coast, southern resident killer whales are ...