Imagine hearing a killer whale say "hello" or "bye-bye"—it sounds like a scene from a sci-fi movie, but this phenomenon is backed by science. A 2018 study has revealed that orcas, one of the ocean's ...

Orcas in captivity sometimes attack humans. Captive killer whales have been linked to four human deaths and many other violent incidents. For instance, a SeaWorld orca named "Tilikum" was involved ...

Killer whale’s remarkable ability to mimic human sounds revealed Scientists of Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Chile have brought to light their research investigation on the elasticity ...

Killer whales are one of only a handful of animals that actively teach their young, and it’s the females that take on this duty, ensuring the survival of their families. - This does not look ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Some baleen whale species sing at frequencies below 100 hertz, making their calls undetectable to killer whales, which cannot hear such low frequencies. These ...

Wikie’s ability to imitate human words offers valuable insights into how killer whales might learn sounds in the wild. Orcas are known to have distinct dialects that vary between pods ...

“Ultimately, as sentinels of ocean and human health ... the Pygmy killer whale in this case would not likely have been able to have been saved. “The worst part of our job is having to ...

Imagine hearing a killer whale say "hello" or "goodbye"; it might seem like something taken from a science fiction movie, but this phenomenon is scientifically-backed. A 2018 study showed that ...

The carcass was found on the beach at Cape Bridgewater near Portland. Famously, killer whales have been documented at length targeting white sharks in South Africa, resulting in a mass exodus of ...

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...

What's interesting here, because their prey is out on the ice, it seems these pack ice killer whales are okay with vocalizing. And that's never been known before. This is completely new.