An orca was stuck for six hours on rocks. — -- A killer whale was saved with what rescuers called a “[MacGyver-]type water pump” and plenty of manpower after it was left stranded on rocks along ...

A team of rescuers has suspended its efforts to save an orca calf that has been stranded for nearly two weeks in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island off the west coast of Canada. Crews with the ...

A young orca calf has died after being stranded for over nine hours at Carmel River State Beach in California's Monterey Bay. The orca calf, measuring about 10 feet long and weighing close to 1,000 ...

Rescuers rush to save the orca calf beached on the sand in Northern California. Screengrab from Orca Rescues Foundation's Facebook post An orca calf found stranded on a shore in Northern California ...

WASHINGTON, USA — As plans continue for Tokitae's journey, there are lessons to be learned from another orca central to Puget Sound cetacean history: Springer, the Northern Resident orca rescued and ...

ZEBALLOS, BC — ZEBALLOS, British Columbia (AP) — An orphaned killer whale stranded in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon is proving difficult for rescuers to catch, an official at the site said Friday.

A captive orca may soon be going home thanks to a complex rescue mission involving a billionaire, a cargo plane, and a watery life support system. Activists have led the charge to send Tokitae back to ...