
Orcas are snacking on fishing lines
Orcas are increasingly helping themselves to fishers’ catches, impressing researchers with their innovation and...

Orcas threatened by highly contagious respiratory virus, CeMV
Marine mammal conservationists warn of a contagious respiratory pathogen, cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV), that...

Taiga launches Orca, a 100% electric jet ski with a two-hour battery
Canadian company Taiga Motors, the creators of the world’s first electric snowmobiles, makes yet another splash...

Endangered Canadian Orca births first calf in three years
A small and endangered pod of orca whales primarily seen off the coast of British Columbia was seen with their...

Orca learns to mimic human speech for the first time
An orca has learned how to emulate human speech for the first time. Through an experiment conducted by researchers...

Last orca bred in captivity at SeaWorld dies, aged 3 months
Keepers and animal rights activists are mourning the passing of the last orca bred in captivity under SeaWorld’s...

Endangered orcas under threat from bitumen pipeline planned for Vancouver port
A population of killer whales that live off the coast of Vancouver, Canada is under threat by a planned oil pipeline...

California governor signs measure to end captive orca breeding
Close to six months after SeaWorld CEO Joel Manby said the entertainment company would stop breeding their killer...

SeaWorld still making killer whale Tilikum perform shows despite life-threatening illness
Tilikum is SeaWorld’s most iconic killer whale, having lived at the theme park for 23 of his 34 years, and he...

US Environmental organizations sue wildlife services over outdated, sea turtle-killing cooling systems
A couple of weeks ago, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), an environmental law firm that sues the US government...

Watch Killer Whales Head Butt Each Other (VIDEO)
Scientists from NOAA Fisheries and the Vancouver Aquarium teamed up in August to trial monitoring the threatened...