Orcas don’t have any natural predators, so how did this happen? The tooth marks, it turned out, were distinctive – they were ...
Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...
In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer ...
Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might ...
Scientists have discovered five previously undocumented per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as "forever chemicals," in the blubber samples of killer whales in the Arctic. These new PFAS ...
Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...
Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their prey with humans, according to research published in the Journal of ...
Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to keep them alive.
Killer whales are among the oceans’ top predators. But in Iceland, pilot whales have them running scared. Filipa Samarra This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and ...