Experts speculate that orcas may be playing when they ram boats so hard they sink—a phenomenon that’s mostly been documented ...

While orcas, also known as "killer whales," are a common sight in the northeast Pacific Ocean, they’re rarely detected in the ...

Five people were rescued from a tourist vessel that was attacked by orcas off the Portuguese coast on Saturday, authorities ...

Southern Resident Killer Whales have reason to rejoice after a healthy baby orca was born recently in or near Puget Sound.

A new J-Pod orca calf was spotted last week in the Puget Sound, less than two weeks after a mother carried her dead baby near ...

While scientists are still trying to figure out why exactly the orcas have it out for boats at sea, some have suggested that it’s simply a sign that they’re having fun. “They don’t care if it’s a ...

The endangered southern resident orcas just got a hopeful boost: researchers confirmed a new calf, J64, born to first-time ...

Southern Resident orcas of the J pod are pictured in an undated photo. Marla Smith, Orca Network Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald Boaters are being asked to practice vigilance in Puget Sound as ...

For the last five-plus years, killer whales have been ramming – and in some cases sinking – expensive yachts, sailboats and fishing boats in the crystalline waters off the coasts of Spain, Portugal, ...

Orcas along the Spanish coast are attacking boats once again, leaving destroyed rudders and stranded crews in their wake. On Aug. 21, orcas tore the rudder off a German sailboat in the Vigo estuary in ...

Four people were rescued from a boat off the coast of Portugal after the vessel was rammed by orcas, in the third incident involving killer whales in a week. Portugal’s Coastal and Border Control Unit ...