According to Rachel Haight of Orca Network, Quiver was born in 2013 to mother T46B Raksha, who has six living offspring.

“Transient” orcas, which swim in the same waters as residents but roam more widely, hunt marine mammals such as seals, porpoises and sea lions. “Offshore” orcas, which are found ten miles ...

These giant pinnipeds hunt fish, squid, octopus and, rarely, smaller seals. They are found off northern Pacific coasts from Japan to California. Steller sea lion breeding is one of nature's great ...

For the first time, a group of killer whales has been documented preying upon a prickly shark, a rare deep-sea dweller, according to a study published on March 20 in the journal Frontiers in Fish ...

The new Bigg's, or mammal-hunting, orca calf was spotted Thursday in the Salish Sea. The calf was spotted several additional times over the weekend, according to the Pacific Whale Watch ...

A team of researchers from Texas A&M University and other institutions has made a surprising discovery about rising mercury levels in Steller sea lion pups ... to forage, or hunt, for fish ...

Transient orcas usually stick to a diet of sea mammals and squid, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, making this bird-hunting behavior a rare sight. However ...

SEATTLE — A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the rare sight of the apex predators hunting ... such as sea lions or porpoises.