Luna's antics included playing with a fire hose some bargemen had turned on in Nootka Sound. But over time, some people came to consider the animal a threat. Michael Parfit / Mountainside Films ...

A killer whale surfaces beside a small boat, a freshly caught fish clamped in its jaws. It releases the fish near the hull, then lingers, watching. When no one picks it up, the whale retrieves it and ...

Orca pods are led by the founding matriarch, and Similä thinks these “wise mothers” teach their calves to avoid fishing boats ...

SEATTLE — The endangered killer whales of the Pacific Northwest live very different lives from orcas in captivity. They swim up to 100 miles (161 kilometers) a day in pursuit of salmon, instead of ...