Anderson Cabot Center Senior Scientist Dr. John Durban uses drones to study right whales in Cape Cod Bay. How it works.

KITTY HAWK, N.C. (WAVY) – A survey crew that has spent the past five years tracking whale locations just had their first orca sighting — off the coast of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. According to a ...

Now we can understand why a population is going up or down,” said Dr. John Durban, chair of the Anderson Cabot Center’s ...

Scientists are using drone technology to study how changing ocean conditions are impacting whales, advancing this ...

A rare sighting for researchers off the North Carolina coast. On March 13, an aerial survey team from the Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute spotted an orca, also known as the ...

Clearwater Marine Killer whale image courtesy Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #26919. An orca, or killer whale, was spotted off the coast of Kitty Hawk in the Outer Banks last ...

“Our research team received an interesting report yesterday from Sara Eads,” Josh McInnes, admin of the Oregon Coast Killer Whale Monitoring Program Facebook page, posted on April 20. “She was walking ...

Beachgoers in North Carolina were recently met by a big surprise guest. According to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, an orca was spotted off the coast of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on March 15. This ...

Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review spanning two decades has revealed a little-known, yet intriguing behavior.

A male killer whale at a closed marine zoo is being sexually stimulated by his trainers to stop him inbreeding with his ...

The "Whales" sculpture from the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island is now the centerpiece of a student center at a college in San Francisco.