It's the latest incident in what has become a trend of hundreds of interactions between orcas and boats since the "disruptive behaviour" was first reported in the region in May 2020. The origin of ...

Since 2020, a critically endangered population ... Seven vessels have sunk due to the orcas’ actions. (See AWI Quarterly, winter 2023.) Despite the serious damage it can do to boats, this behavior ...

Orcas have a language of their own ... and a team of researchers drive around the islands in an inflatable boat looking for action. When they spot whales, they slowly approach, then turn off ...

When young Iberian orcas (Orcinus orca) started hitting and sinking boats in 2020, experts wondered whether it was revenge, ...

This declining population of orcas is down to just 72 individuals. The port expansion aims to accommodate massive container ships, but those ships will harass and disturb Southern Resident killer ...

While the rules seek to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales from vessel noise and disturbance from whale-watching boats ... there were only 74 orcas, the lowest population in 40 years.