The blue whale is famously the largest animal in the world, but this simple fact doesn't do these creatures justice. They ...

An aerial survey team from the Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute spotted the killer whale near ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com An aerial survey team from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute made an extremely rare ...

An aerial survey team from Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute spotted an orca in the Outer Banks on March 13.

White sharks, which grow to 4,500 pounds, are common off the Outer Banks, due to their use of the East Coast like a seasonal highway. In the winter, they leave waters off New England and go south for ...

An endangered southern resident orca calf, first discovered on New Year’s Eve, has been spotted again, and the Center for Whale Research is thrilled at the calf’s appearance. “She’s still ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the rare sight of the apex predators hunting a bird. The pod of Bigg’s ...

Despite their name, killer whales — or orcas — are not whales ... They have a thick layer of fat under their skin. This fat, called blubber, keeps the heat in and the cold out.