Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

To catch an Orca in Fisch, you will need to wait to be notified of an ‘Orca Migration’ event on the server. These tend to ...

Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." Scientists don't know whether orcas kill for fun. The marine mammals do some things, like killing and tossing dead porpoises in the air ...

Huber and Varni, project volunteers, said the orcas, or killer whales, were not present. But killer whale teeth rakes were evident on much of the estimated 25-foot carcass. Schulman-Janiger ...

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

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 ...

Killer whales have large, complex brains. They teach hunting techniques to their young, adapt to new prey, and communicate using unique dialects within their pods. Recent incidents show orcas ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

Alisa Schulman-Janiger, director of the ACS-LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project, told FTW Outdoors that Jean Huber and Christy Varni discovered the floating carcass at mid-morning less than a ...