The research team watched as a male killer whale known as Starboard approached the juvenile white shark and "gripped the left pectoral fin of the shark and thrust forward with the shark several ...

On her first day a male orca’s tall dorsal fin pierced the water beside the rubber dinghy she was riding in. The sight left her speechless—and erased all thoughts of plankton. She switched to ...

The phenomenon is more common in captivity, but people have also seen wild orcas with curved fins. So, the cause cannot be captivity alone. Ultimately, what's going on is the collagen in the ...

They have large, rounded pectoral fins and a unique, variable gray or white “saddle ... but do not breed within their own pods. LIFE CYCLE: Male killer whales generally live 35 years in the wild.

New research finds male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if ...

Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers say they can now spot those underwater baby bumps from the air and keep ...

Crew on Naturaliste Charters spotted a newly-born orca calf on January 30 in the waters off Bremer Bay in the Great Southern.

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“We spotted some familiar fins in the distance and as we came on we recognized these five adult whales as a family we have seen just a few days before,” orca researcher Sara Hysong-Shimazu told ABC ...