SEATTLE — A new orca calf was spotted in Puget Sound on Tuesday afternoon, which is the first calf born into the K pod in over three years, according to the Orca Conservancy. Observers were viewing ...

The video, filmed by local fisherman Stephen Hemstalk, shows an enormous bluefin tuna being pushed and carried by an orca. “The fish is still alive!,” said Mr Hemstalk as the orca paraded it past ...

Visitors to Pandora Pond are being urged to avoid the water until the orcas can exit the area. Local residents marvelled at an unprecedented sight in Napier’s Ahuriri Estuary today as several orca ...

Scientists with the Norwegian Orca Survey and Orca Channel have documented, for the first time and in astounding detail, the birth of an orca and the newborn's first hour. When you purchase through ...

Almost the entire population of southern resident killer whales gathered in central Puget Sound on Sunday, but the newest member of J Pod, a newborn known as J64, was not among them. According to a ...

Felony harassment suspect dies after deputy-involved shooting in Pierce County A man suspected of felony harassment was killed in a deputy-involved shooting in the South Hill area of Puyallup early ...

Courtesy: SeaDoc Society, Center for Whale Research, and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance under NOAA Permit #26288-01 The orca J pod has been very active in Central Puget Sound waters Friday, and ...

Sightings of the marine mammal captivate the public and baffle scientists Benjamin Cassidy The orca known as “Old Thom” swims in front of researchers in the Bay of Fundy. Gregory Rec / Portland Press ...

SEATTLE — A new J-Pod orca calf was spotted last week in the Puget Sound, less than two weeks after a mother carried her dead baby near the San Juan Islands. In a Facebook post, the Orca Behavior ...

For the last five-plus years, killer whales have been ramming – and in some cases sinking – expensive yachts, sailboats and fishing boats in the crystalline waters off the coasts of Spain, Portugal, ...

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Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state has been seen carrying her dead newborn calf in what appears to be an effort to revive it. Researchers with the Center for Whale Research, Sea Doc ...