An orca playing with a porpoise and balancing it on its head. Orcas have been harassing and toying with porpoises in the Salish Sea for 60 years, often to the point of killing them, but never eating ...

Living up to their names, killer whales have been killing other marine mammals but not eating them for decades, and scientists aren't sure exactly why. Orcas seemingly hunt down, harass, and often ...

A small population of orcas in the Pacific Northwest has been harassing and killing young porpoises for decades. The odd behavior is not hunting—these orcas just eat fish—and as a result, it has long ...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - While on patrol a few weeks ago, Oak Island Water Rescue says that a pod of porpoises joined some of its crew. “Siri says a group of porpoises is called a pod. Who knew,” ...

The little green mangrove islands that dot Estero Bay are more than just tangled red roots and a canopy of green leaves.

A pod of porpoises recently joined a North Carolina water rescue team while they were on patrol. The Oak Island Water Rescue team posted the video above on Facebook. The team said they were out on ...

A Maine family was visiting islands in Casco Bay last Friday when they saw something they’ve “never seen anything like” before: a great white shark feasting on a harbor porpoise off nearby Cliff ...

A deceased harbor porpoise washed up in Ocean County on Tuesday morning, officials said. A witness said he spotted the animal around 8 a.m. in the area of 6th Avenue in the Ortley Beach section of ...

In 2005, Deborah Giles saw something she’ll never forget—a dead porpoise, riding the snouts of a pod of orcas off Washington State. “What on Earth is happening?” wondered Giles, the science and ...