Scientists counting marine mammals off Alaska's Arctic Ocean coast spotted two large groups of killer whales last month, but orca experts are not ready to say the species has increased its numbers in ...

SEATTLE — Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in four oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop relationships with humans, researchers have found. In each of the ...

Researchers say vessel strikes are a major threat for whales, including in the waters off Alaska. A new technology is aiming to change that by using AI, thermal imagining and marine observers.

New research reveals that wild orcas, or killer whales, sometimes offer food to humans, challenging assumptions about animal social behavior. According to Smithsonian Magazine, researchers have ...

Jared Towers was watching a pod of orcas in Alert Bay, Canada, in 2015 when something unusual happened. Two of the killer whales—a pair of siblings named Akela and Quiver—approached Towers with dead ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Two of three killer whales that wandered far up an Alaska river have died, apparently succumbing to stresses associated with being out of their saltwater habitat, federal ...