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Researchers have observed dolphins and killer whales hunting together for the first time as part of a new study released on Thursday, Dec. 11. The top predators joined forces to feast on salmon off ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Killer whales and dolphins have been captured hunting together on camera, in what could be a scientific first. Researchers believe this is the first documented case of cooperative foraging between ...

HALIFAX — Scientists have found evidence that two unlikely collaborators — killer whales and dolphins — may be helping each other find and feast on salmon off the coast of British Columbia. Sarah ...

MONTEREY, Calif. -- A rare encounter left a whale-watcher in Monterey County, California in shock when a killer whale attacked a pod of dolphins. Dolphins swam for their lives after encountering eight ...

The apex predators, also known as orca, have been caught on camera for the first time hunting with Pacific white-sided dolphins in seas off British Columbia, Canada. The two iconic marine mammal ...

The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations called ecotypes. Each ecotype indicates an ecological specialization with its ...

When researcher Jared Towers set up his cameras underwater to observe a pair of killer whales, he saw something strange.One of the orcas, a juvenile female, “approached a camera I had in the water to ...