Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists say they discovered that two well-known types of killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean are actually two separate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally ...

Killer whales are one of the most widespread animals on the planet. As the ocean’s largest apex predators, they keep marine ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...

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A seven-year collaborative study has revealed alarming fluctuations in the health of Hawaii's endangered insular false killer ...

Increased sightings of the world's two largest whale species–the blue and fin—offers new hope for the future of the ...

The species found include a blue whale, a sperm whale and an Omura's whale. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Not every scientific discovery begins with a dramatic excavation. Sometimes the most important part comes later, after the ...

More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally recognize — at least in name. Charles Melville Scammon submitted a ...

Scientists say they discovered that two well-known types of killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean are actually two separate species and not just different races. In a study published Wednesday, ...