Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators. Family mourns 18-year-old who died on Carnival cruise ship ...

A group of researchers were observing a group of killer whales feeding, when suddenly things took a different turn.

Killer whales divulge more of their private lives with never-before-seen images of a wild birth and gruesome hunts ...

Killer whales in northern Mexico are in the spotlight after scientists documented them devouring the livers of young great ...

For the first time, the birth of an orca has been caught on camera. The first-of-its-kind event unfolded on November 2, 2025, ...

The team films something not seen before: an hours-long teaching session between adults and their young. Killer whales are one of only a handful of animals that actively teach their young, and it’s ...

A group of killer whales were spotted off the coast of California, boaters said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A group of orcas was spotted off the coast of California, leaving boaters “thrilled,” ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Scientists filmed the way killer whales hunt together. These images show one of the animals turning toward the other after a tail slap delivers a shock to herring. Paolo Domenici et al., Current ...

Grabbing a meal with a friend is way better than dining solo — and killer whales agree. The whales prefer to hunt for herring in pairs, researchers report July 3 in Current Biology. These cetaceans ...

Scientists have documented what might be the first case of friendly interactions between killer whales and smaller cetaceans. Here's what they think is going on. Pacific white-sided dolphins swim off ...

Two French sailors were rescued off the coast of northern Spain after their boat was rammed by orcas. They were taken safely to shore by the Spanish coastguard after the killer whales attacked their ...