Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen ...

Kodiak biologists examining the carcass of a young gray whale that recently washed ashore say it was likely attacked by killer whales. The whale's corpse washed up in late May near Surfer's Beach, ...

During an Oct. 4 whale-watching tour west of Sooke in the Juan de Fuca Strait, passengers got a front-row seat to a spectacular standoff between a pod of Bigg’s killer whales and a humpback named Nike ...

A pod of four transient killer whales — including a calf — was spotted Sunday, May 10, 2025, swimming out of the Yaquina River toward the ocean. It’s the latest in a steady stream of orca sightings ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

A well-known male killer whale was spotted June 9 traveling alone through Yaquina Bay and along the central Oregon coast, drawing attention from researchers, photographers and onlookers as he hunted ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...