When Free Willy splashed on to the silver screen in 1993, little did people imagine the wave of applause the film would ...

BELOVED orca Lolita, who was known for her mind-blowing tricks and decades spent in captivity, died just weeks after she was ...

Oregon is a great place for film tourism, traveling to locations where such projects as "Twilight," "Stand By Me," "Grimm" and more filmed.

Ferry event, mural to honor orca Tokitae Nearly two years after her death, the lingering memory of Tokitae is still making a splash.

Researchers have observed a population of orcas that cut and position kelp tools between their bodies to scrub each other’s backs.

Local News North Shore whale watch boat gets up close to 2 white sharks Two great white sharks were spotted about 10 miles off Gloucester's coast Wednesday, as captured in several photos and a video.

Could an enormous blue whale make a mistake and swallow a dolphin? Learn why it's not possible for blue whales to eat anything that large.

Discover how southern resident orcas use kelp for grooming and bonding, marking the first documented tool use among cetaceans in a groundbreaking study ...

Behavioral ecologist Michael Weiss was browsing through new drone footage of the orca pods he studies in the Salish Sea when he spotted one of the killer whales carrying something green in its mouth ...

(Reuters) -Killer whales are known for exceptional intelligence, displaying complex social structures and sophisticated communication. New research provides fresh evidence for this, documenting ...

Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something other than hunting prey.

Killer whales "groom" each other using tools made from seaweed, reveals new research. The "incredibly exciting" discovery is a very rare example of tool use by marine species, say American ...