Incredible moment seal escapes killer whales by jumping onto a boat. A seal sought refuge on a photographer's boat in the Puget Sound in Washington after it was targeted by a pod of orcas. The seal ...

As their numbers grow, so do deadly human encounters. Researchers are fascinated by their songs, sexuality and collective ...

Every continent holds the memory of an extinct bird that once ruled its skies or forests. From Antarctica’s prehistoric ...

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...

Ice is not quiet. Standing at the Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland under a midnight sun, a clash of titans got underway: “Snap ...

There is a language for ice. Tabulas are broad, flat-topped icebergs, and growlers are smaller bergs under three feet tall.

Orca Channel photographer Krisztina Balotay captured some of the first-ever images of a killer whale birth while on a ...

A wildlife photographer captured a dramatic encounter on video between a harbor seal and a pod of killer whales.

UNALASKA, Alaska — The orca pod that forages in the waters just north of this Aleutian island are quick to swarm any halibut ...

New research confirms two distinct groups of West Coast killer whales with different diets, habitats, and behaviors.

Fishing crews across a broad expanse of the world’s oceans, ranging from the South Atlantic to the North Pacific, report ...