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We witnessed these apex predators combing the shoreline for their favorite pinniped prey, and they easily connected." ...

Orca whales swam off the shore of a Seattle neighborhood. The orcas were Bigg's killer whales, a group that hunts sea mammals. They visit the Seattle area often.

“Here’s what it looks like when an orca SENDS IT!” ...

A wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering onto the stern ...

As the whale watching boat slowly approached, the passengers saw something strange in the water—an 80-foot cloud of red-brown liquid. Just minutes later, an orca hurled a small whale into the air.

A new orca calf was spotted with the J pod Thursday, bring the population of the Southern Resident killer whales up to 76. Center for Whale Research Executive Director Ken Balcomb officially ...