The adult female, seeking a new home with her calf after the closure of Marineland in France, faces the grim reality of ...

The highest run-scorers in the history of the ICC World Twenty20, 2009. Find out where the greatest batsmen rank on the all-time ICC World Twenty20, 2009 run-scorers’ list. Who has the most ...

DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ashore near ...

A pod of killer whales made an unexpected visit off the coast of Orange County Thursday. The pod of CA56 killer whales (orcas) was spotted by a Davey’s Locker whale-watching boat about 12:30 p.m ...

Now, however, DNA analysis taken from the bite wound has confirmed their suspicions: orcas are hunting white sharks in Australia. As such, when the remains of the large white shark washed up on ...

Conservation groups in B.C. are suing two federal cabinet ministers over their failure to recommend an emergency order to protect highly endangered orcas. The legal action filed this week comes ...

Though sperm whales have survived the enormous pressures of the darkest depths for millions of years, today there’s one thing they cannot survive: the human activity that has been affecting their ...

What is the biggest animal in the world? It is worth noting that the largest living animals in the world today aren’t land animals, because on land they must struggle against the forces of gravity to ...

Captive killer whales have been linked to four human deaths and many other violent incidents. For instance, a SeaWorld orca named "Tilikum" was involved in three human deaths. Marine biologists ...

SeaWorld has come under scrutiny in recent years over its operations. A 2013 documentary called Blackfish suggested that orcas (also known as killer whales) suffer acute psychological distress and ...

Nevertheless, SeaWorld announced it was ending its orca breeding program in 2016 and said its current orcas would be the last in their care, meaning they will be around for decades yet.