Orca

After more than 40 years at an Ontario theme park and a decade without a tank mate, Kiska, Canada's last living captive orca, has died.

A group of orca experts published an open letter this summer attempting to correct the characterization that the incidents were attacks.

A lonely orca named Luna who got separated from his family 20 years ago also damaged boatsbusinessinsider.

For their research, Grimes and colleagues examined the accumulation of "tooth rake marks"—scarring left behind when an orca bites another during rough play or fighting.

In March, Kiska, Canada’s last living orca in captivity, died after more than 40 years at the park.

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion file A girl dressed as Snow White takes candy from a witch at the Orca Theater’s Trunk or Treat in Soldotna on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022.

Lolita, a beloved orca who spent more than five decades entertaining visitors at the Miami Seaquarium, died on Friday.

Marineland says the last captive orca in Canada died Thursday at the Niagara Falls-based tourist attraction.

One of my favorite things to do at SeaWorld is watch the ORCA Encounter presentation.

Orca has a front track width of about three feet.

Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator, author and University of Victoria historian Jason Colby says killer whales were considered "not just as vermin species but potentially dangerous" creatures to be hunted and eliminated.

Orca won’t be commercially available until 2025, Messing said.

Researchers believe the attacks may be coordinated by an older orca named Gladis who, it’s theorized, may have had a traumatizing run-in with an illegal fishing vessel.

Such animals should never live in captivity, and that was made very apparent with the story of Tilikum, the orca that killed three of his trainers over his lifetime.

The orca, now thought to be about 57, is known by three names.

Those who use transit less regularly should purchase an “E-purse” ORCA card for $3 online or at any Link or Sounder train station, Smith says.

Three orcas, the large black-and-white dolphins also known as killer whales, worked in tandem; a large orca rammed the boat from the side while two smaller ones gnawed at the rudder until it was destroyed and the yacht was taking on water.

Washington does have one exception to this rule with 3 local resident orca pods that stay around the Washington coast all year long.

Worse, they are pushing our salmon and orca to the brink of extinction.

A mother orca died after the killer whale got stuck on a beach near Zeballos on Vancouver Island in March 2024.