Experts say Southern Resident Orca “Ocean Sun” will soon turn 100 years old and is considered the oldest orca in the world.

On August 8, 1970, however, a major operation was put into place to attempt to capture orca whales so that they could be put on display in marine parks throughout the country. This operation used ...

For most of the 20th century, scientists on the Pacific Coast of North America held two basic assumptions about the killer whale (Orcinus orca): first, it was a voracious predator inclined to attack ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths intermingle in a vast web of... Read Story ...

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 ...

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