A new open-access catalog of whale calls will help researchers and orca enthusiasts identify distinct killer whale ...

Humans aren’t the only mammals with a lot to say. The region’s orcas are frequently communicating beneath the water’s surface, using a rich vocabulary of sounds. Unlike the endangered Southern ...

A new open-access catalogue of whale calls will help researchers and orca enthusiasts identify distinct killer whale populations, clans and family ...

In a day of sadness and surprise, researchers on Puget Sound on Tuesday found J61, the new calf born to mother orca Tahlequah, had not survived—and that a new calf had also been born to J pod. Lolita, ...

This is the first time pack-ice killer whale vocalizations have been recorded. Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and ...

Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations and ...