Yet, a recent study has unveiled a surprising and somewhat unsettling talent: their ability to mimic human speech. A 14-year-old female orca named Wikie stunned scientists by accurately ...

A 2018 study showed that orcas are intelligent creatures with the ability to mimic human language with uncanny accuracy. In ...

Whales do not. Yet laws have increasingly extended legal personhood rights to non-human entities. Corporations are the most prominent example. The point of the orca-rights project is to give the ...

For decades, researchers have been performing necropsies on beached orcas, but, until now, no one has amassed all of those data to assess the health of the populations and whether human activities, ...

Many people refer to orcas as “killer whales“, and for good reason. They are the ultimate top dogs of the ocean, able to take down large whales and even great white sharks! But what about humans — ...

Containing over 140 artifacts, this new exhibit presents a deep dive into the world of orcas, their interactions with humans and the way humans perceive them.