Things initially looked bleak. Rescuers launch overnight effort after discovering majestic creature trapped in tricky ...

Authorities in Canada are organizing an operation to airlift a stranded orca calf from a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island, officials say.

A killer whale more than 20 feet long died after beaching itself in Palm Coast, Fla. This is the third known orca to be stranded in the southeastern U.S. and the first since 1956, an official says.

The orca that washed ashore in Palm Coast will be studied to discover what happened in the first known killer whale stranding in the Southeastern U.S.

The animal realm also has its stories. Animals are a critical component of our environment, both domesticated and wild and ...

Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that became stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania.

More than 150 killer whales stranded on remote Australian beach The reasons for the beachings are unclear. Reasons could include disorientation caused by loud noises, illness, old age, injury ...

Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing 157 false killer whales that stranded on a remote Australian beach.

The stranded orca calf, which has been given a name that means “Brave Little Hunter” by the local First Nations people, is seen in a lagoon near Zeballos, in the Canadian province of British ...

The beached 21-foot killer whale that was found dead on a beach in Flagler County was buried in a secret location.

The last killer whale to be stranded in the Southeast in 1956 was too decomposed for scientists to determine its cause of death based on tissue samples.

When Blair Mase arrived at the Palm Coast beach around 9 a.m. Wednesday, she was in disbelief. In front of her, a 6,000-pound female killer whale was stranded on the shoreline — a sight never ...