#Killer whale

Author: Mike Denison / Source: Science News The astonishing capture [of seven orcas off British Columbia] has made possible the first scientific study of killer whales in their more or less natural environment…. There is little doubt that the animals have a sophisticated language with which they

Author: Matthew Taub / Source: Atlas Obscura Somewhere in the Haro Strait, where Washington State trickles into British Columbia, a whale poops. That waste is a scientific goldmine, but not if scientists don’t know it’s there. But if you listen close, you might be able to help them find it. An

Author: Susan Milius / Source: Science News for Students Don’t expect a BFF-level conversation with Wikie just yet. But this 14-year-old killer whale can make a rough attempt at human sounds. You might hear a watery “hello” — or some rude noises. Scientists recorded Wikie at her home in

Author: Robby Berman / Source: Big Think From the point of view of the Alaska Dispatch News, it’s clear who the victims are in this story: fishermen. And the perps are readily identified, too: Orcas, or killer whales. Animal lovers, not to mention vegetarians, might well see these labels flipped.

Source: Futility Closet In a diary entry in 1843, Sir Oswald Brierly, manager of the whaling station at Twofold Bay in southeast Australia, noted a strange cooperative relationship that had grown up between killer whales and the local whalers: They [the killer whales] attack the [humpback]