Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

Killer Whale Adult Leaping, Canada ... Antarctic Fur Seals are predominantly found on sub-Antarctic islands but occasionally venture to the continent’s beaches. These agile swimmers have a thick layer ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Orcas have no natural predators. They sit at the top of the marine food chain, hunting sharks, seals, and even whales, making them one of the ocean’s deadliest creatures. Orcas hunt great white ...

A new study shows the welcome return of humpback whales to the waters around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia after a century of commercial whaling decimated their populations.

Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations ...

The carcass was found on the beach at Cape Bridgewater near Portland. Famously, killer whales have been documented at length targeting white sharks in South Africa, resulting in a mass exodus of ...

Southern right whale populations were decimated after nearly 300 years of hunting in the South Atlantic. An international team of researchers, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), travels to the ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A rare sighting of a pod of orcas off the coast of Orange County had whale watchers and marine experts buzzing last Thursday. For passengers on whale-watching boats that ...