Why do killer whales (orcas) in captivity kill humans, whereas this doesn't happen in the wild? Federal hearings on the safety of keeping killer whales in captivity began this week, convened by the ...

A family’s yacht was attacked by a pod of killer whales in the middle of the night, the latest in a series of similar incidents off the Portuguese coast. The Dutch family was sailing between Porto and ...

Kshamenk, the last killer whale held in captivity in Latin America, died of cardiorespiratory arrest in Argentina at age 35, ...

The 50-year-old orca had been at SeaWorld Orlando for 40 years and was one of just five killer whales at the park.

In another wild instance of orcas attacking ships, three orcas were filmed off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal, going full send on a small boat until the rudder was detached and the vessel started to ...