When researchers from the University of British Columbia set out to film the solitary hunting habits of Northern resident killer whales, they expected to see quiet and solitary predators at work.

When observing killer whales, there are some typical things one may expect to see. You may see them communicating with one another or participating in a group hunt. One behavior that is rare to see, ...

Residents and visitors in British Columbia have been experiencing a rare sight thanks to a pod of killer whales. Ryan Chilibeck, who lives in Gibsons, across Howe Sound from West Vancouver, spoke to ...

Southern resident killer whales have been caught on drone video crafting kelp tools to groom one another—an unprecedented behavior among marine mammals. This suggests a deeper social and cultural ...

In the Gulf of California, a pod of orcas known as Moctezuma’s pod has developed a chillingly precise technique for hunting young great white sharks — flipping them upside down to paralyze and extract ...

The team films something not seen before: an hours-long teaching session between adults and their young. Killer whales are one of only a handful of animals that actively teach their young, and it’s ...

As so-called “killer whales” have made news over the past few years for violent boat attacks in European waters, marine biologists have noticed a far sweeter behavior in Iceland’s frigid waves: the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

'Amongst all the different killer whale populations around the world, there's only a couple that have been observed doing this behavior,' one expert said Francois Gohier/VW Pics/Universal Images Group ...