Orca Channel photographer Krisztina Balotay captured some of the first-ever images of a killer whale birth while on a ...

They came together Sunday evening not far from Port Townsend. Why, no one can say for sure, except the participants ...

SeaWorld is ending its controversial killer whale breeding programs, the theme park operator said in a statement today. Its treatment of the orcas has come under fierce criticism since the release of ...

SAN DIEGO -- SeaWorld filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a California commission's ruling that bans the company from breeding captive killer whales at its San Diego park. The suit filed in San Diego ...

A year after announcing it would phase out its longstanding Shamu show in San Diego, SeaWorld is asking the California Coastal Commission this week for permission to start constructing a stage for its ...

KITTY HAWK, N.C. (WAVY) – A survey crew that has spent the past five years tracking whale locations just had their first orca sighting — off the coast of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. According to a ...

Clearwater Marine Killer whale image courtesy Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #26919. An orca, or killer whale, was spotted off the coast of Kitty Hawk in the Outer Banks last ...

New research shows southern resident killer whales grooming each other using kelp they’ve modified, and researchers think it’s the first time researchers have documented marine mammals making tools.

MIAMI — SeaWorld announced Thursday it will immediately stop breeding killer whales, essentially phasing out the iconic orcas from its theme parks following years of controversy over keeping them in ...