Six hours after the orca was spotted by a group on a boat the tide rose and the whale was able to swim back out to sea.

FLORIDA -- Wildlife officials in Florida are investigating the death of a female killer whale that grounded itself on Wednesday on a beach in Palm Coast, about 30 miles north of Daytona Beach. "This ...

Plans are underway to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island in an effort to reunite the young orca with its extended family, Canadian ...

The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations ...

Biologists discovered killer whales and dolphins working together to hunt salmon, a behavior never before documented in this ...

Numerous people flocked to the Oregon Coast overnight Nov. 15 and early Nov. 16 in an effort to help a stranded humpback whale after posts on social media went viral. The whale was apparently tangled ...

A young humpback whale that washed ashore Saturday in Oregon had to be euthanized after two days of rescue efforts. The whale, a roughly 1 to 2-year-old humpback, had surfaced near San Marine ...

Numerous people flocked to the Oregon Coast near Yachats overnight Nov. 15 and early Nov. 16 in an effort to help a stranded humpback whale after posts on social media went viral. The whale was ...