Sarah Fortune, an assistant professor in oceanography at Halifax’s Dalhousie University, said it would appear the massive ...

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

Researchers have observed killer whales teaming up with dolphins to hunt salmon and sharing the spoils for the first time, raising questions about their intelligence and social lives. In recent years, ...

Off the Pacific coast of Canada, scientists have captured something that challenges long‑held assumptions about life in the ...

Each year, thousands of the gray whales make an annual migration past Ventura, heading south from Arctic waters to the ...

Off the coast of British Columbia, researchers have reported something that looks a lot like teamwork between two predators that don’t usually get credit for cooperating: Orcas (a.k.a. killer whales) ...

As a longtime halibut charter fisherman and small-business owner, I want to thank the Anchorage Daily News — and reporter Hal Bernton, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal — for ...

Cetaceans are among the most intelligent creatures in the ocean and many whales have used their big brains to develop cunning ...

University of British Columbia (A.Trites), Dalhousie University (S. Fortune), Hakai Institute (K. Holmes), Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (X. Cheng) ...

University of British Columbia (A.Trites), Dalhousie University (S. Fortune), Hakai Institute (K. Holmes), Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (X. Cheng) ...

Residents and visitors in British Columbia have been experiencing a rare sight, thanks to a pod of killer whales engaging in ...

Killer whales in aquariums regularly eat ice cubes, even though ice provides no calories or nutrients. It's a curious ...