Snopes has looked into other online rumors involving killer whales, including the false claim that radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has caused 100% infant mortality among orca ...

At least three orca whales were spotted swimming through Bellingham Bay on Tuesday. Bellingham resident Nate Wallace captured a video of the whales at about 4:30 p.m. as they were swimming south ...

Bigg’s killer whales live in the North Pacific Ocean. They are genetically and culturally distinct from the region’s other orca population, known as the resident killer whales, which swim in ...

If you paddle in the Puget Sound in Washington, you may find yourself face-to-face with a pod of killer whales, also known as orcas. Despite their frightening name, orca attacks on humans in the ...

A newborn orca discovered east of Victoria near the San Juan Islands has been identified as a descendant of one of the last killer whales captured in Washington state for SeaWorld. The young Bigg ...

Many people refer to orcas as “killer whales“, and for good reason. They are the ultimate top dogs of the ocean, able to take down large whales and even great white sharks! But what about humans — ...