From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are ...

Orcas have spent the past few years rewriting their public image from charismatic performers to unpredictable disruptors, ...

New footage shows orcas and dolphins coordinating hunts, hinting at interspecies teamwork to track and catch salmon off ...

The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations ...

A stunning wildlife moment was caught on camera. It's the jaw-dropping image of jaws going from predator to prey as an orca takes down a great white shark. The video is of Sophia - a 60-year-old ...

An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf for more than two weeks was again spotted carrying the body of her newborn, just days after researchers confirmed she'd given birth.

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, where she ...

In a viral video, a killer whale in an enclosure can be seen peering through the glass as a dad holds up his newborn for it to see Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...

The 50-year-old orca had been at SeaWorld Orlando for 40 years and was one of just five killer whales at the park.

Where were you when the "orca wars" began? That's the question posed by many on social media after incidents of orcas seemingly attacking and sinking boats were reported off the southwestern tip of ...