A survey crew that has spent the past five years tracking whale locations just had their first orca sighting -- off the coast ...

False killer whales - which are in fact a dolphin - are typically deep-sea dwellers, and are one of the rarest marine mammals ...

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

A pod of endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales were spotted off the coast of Monterey Bay, California. The whales rely on Chinook salmon as their primary food source, but salmon populations ...

It’s not clear whether the orca is a true albino or its white coloring was caused by another medical condition.

A young pygmy killer whale — a rare type of dolphin — was recently rescued after becoming stranded on a shore in South America. The incident occurred on March 18 in Buxton, Guyana — a small town ...

Despite their name, killer whales — or orcas — are not whales ... Many species of whales live in groups called pods. They can ...

Back in 2011, though, a pod of killer whales were observed off Oregon Inlet. From mid-November through mid-April, survey teams researching the current North Atlantic right whale population take to ...

Spectacular drone footage captured Southern Resident Killer Whales as they made their way through the Monterey Bay frolicking ...

Pictures and videos of a pod of killer whales were taken off the Oregon Inlet in 2011. The division’s website says killer whales are “…a very rarely seen marine mammal in NC waters ...