Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island ...

The vocalisation of a dwarf minke whale sounds so strange and resonant it has been likened to a Star Wars lightsaber.

Two new studies warn Vancouver-based miner's deep-sea operations threaten whales, dolphins and an uncounted number of other ...

Whales observed in Salish Sea off western North America Behaviour is a rare instance of tool use by marine mammals It may ...

Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their ...

Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they ...

Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...

Scientists with the Massachusetts State Division of Marine Fisheries have launched a new program to track where and when the ...

"They've been hanging on by their flipper-tips for tens of decades." Experts baffled by unprecedented behavior of critically ...

The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

The encounter, observed by snorkelers in Norway, “involved repeated episodes of gentle, face-to-face oral contact.” ...