Killer whales are not known for attacking people. The attacks and subsequent deaths that orcas have caused have taken place ...

Altruism is helping without a benefit and sometimes at a risk to one’s self. Recent research that found killer sharks ...

They have a varied diet consisting of seals, sea lions, fish, penguins, and other whales but have never shown an appetite for humans. That said, orcas — which can grow up to 30 feet long, about the ...

A traumatized orca called White Gladis may be behind the rise in killer-whale attacks on boats in the Atlantic Ocean, scientists said. While most orca interactions with boats are harmless, there has ...

Two French sailors were rescued off the coast of northern Spain after their boat was rammed by orcas. They were taken safely ...

A whale has died after it charged at a boat Saturday afternoon along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey, police ...

A 20-foot minke whale died Aug. 2 in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, after being struck by a boat, which nearly capsized and forced a passenger overboard, according to officials. The whale was first spotted ...

While whale attacks on humans are extremely rare in Chilean waters, whale deaths from collisions with cargo ships have increased in recent years, and strandings have become a recurring issue in ...

A mass die-off of grey whales in the Pacific has been declared over by researchers, who say a combination of starvation, vessel strikes, and attacks from killer whales may have been to blame for ...

Sailors frequenting the waters around the Byzantine capital of Constantinople were attacked by an infamous whale during the ...