Recordings of Wikie capture her attempts to mimic the human speaking to her, and while admittedly some of the attempts sound ...

On August 8, 1970, three young orcas drowned in Penn Cove, amidst a capture attempt. After many instances of losses, orcas stopped coming. Experts believe that whales shared information regarding ...

Scientists in 2018 discovered that killer whales could mimic simple human speech patterns, and people were shocked to hear the eerie recording.

It was dismantled only in 2019, after the law was changed in Russia to prohibit, at least for now, the capture of orcas and belugas from Russian waters. Small motorboats are usually used to move ...

In 2003, a net encircled members of several pods of killer whales in Kamchatka waters. The hunters had no experience in capturing orcas, and as a result, several whales became entangled in the net.

Behind me, I hear a rush of breath—the sound of a killer whale expelling air from their blowhole. I can’t turn around to look. I’m holding onto a metal crane, on the other end of which is a ...

Many had binoculars, some with scopes with the hopes of catching a glimpse of our coast's beloved creatures-- the Southern Resident Orcas. The excitement came in waves. When the whales showed ...

Researchers from the Center for Whale Research and the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration ventured out on the ...

The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds Kelsey Williamson Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on ...

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BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. (KOMO) — One of the joys of living in the Puget Sound region is seeing all the wildlife, including killer whales. “I mean, whales are one of the great features of ...