A whale-watching boat captain in Monterey, Calif., captured footage of a "super pod" consisting of over 2,000 dolphins swimming in the sea Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

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 a bird. And the unusual spectacle was all caught ...

“I felt that maybe it was a killer whale,” he explained. “We had been talking about orcas shortly before, so I had that in my head. But when I got out I understood that it was probably out ...

A killer whale swims next to a grebe in the waters just off Seattle on Sunday, March 3, 2025, moments before the bird was taken under water. The orca was part of pod of Bigg's killer whales that ...

A pod of orcas has given Seattle onlookers a rare glimpse into their world. The pod swam close to shore Sunday and their lucky audience was treated to a rarely seen bird hunt by the whales.