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.

Outer Banks Voice A dead whale washed up in the surf in Corolla on Wednesday, the eighth whale fatality on the Outer Banks since January of last year. The whale has been identified ...

also known as the killer whale, near Kitty Hawk, located in the Outer Banks of NC. This is the first time the team has spotted a killer whale since they started surveying the area five years ago.

An orca, or killer whale, was spotted off the coast of Kitty Hawk in the Outer Banks last week. “This was an exciting discovery for our team as this is the first time they have spotted an orca ...

“There have been sightings of killer whales in North Carolina waters before ... species of mammals have been documented in the Outer Banks and North Carolina’s coast.

OUTER BANKS, N.C. — A rare sighting was made about a week ago off the coast of Kitty Hawk: a killer whale! An aerial survey team from Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute ...

The Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute’s survey team spotted the killer whale on March 13 ... tackle shop showing an orca in the Outer Banks waters went viral. But online sleuths ...