Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." Scientists don't know whether orcas kill for fun. The marine mammals do some things, like killing and tossing dead porpoises in the air ...

Behind me, I hear a rush of breath—the sound of a killer whale expelling air from their blowhole. I can’t turn around to look. I’m holding onto a metal crane, on the other end of which is a ...

Orcas use advanced hunting tactics, working together like a wolf pack. They create waves to wash seals off ice, trap fish in bubbles, and even beach themselves to grab prey. Killer whales have ...

The grieving killer whale mom and her family — Tahlequah has two living sons — were spotted traveling together in Haro Strait off of Washington’s San Juan Island on the morning of Friday ...

Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget Sound has also died and she’s unable to let go. By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it ...

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...

Weiss says we can never truly know what she is feeling. “We know that the bond between killer whale mothers and their offspring is incredibly strong, about as strong as a social bond can be ...

The population of southern resident killer whales — three pods of fish-eating orcas that frequent the waters between Washington state and British Columbia — has struggled for decades ...

Tahlequah is one of 73 endangered Southern Resident orcas, a killer whale population that lives in three pods − J, K an L − along the Salish Sea near British Columbia and Washington State.