Apparently even whales enjoy horsing around. The reason orca whales have been attacking European ships recently isn’t due to targeted violence, but rather that the enormous mammals consider it a form ...

Orcas ramming onto boats and sinking them in the Strait of Gibraltar may just be teenage killer whales playing around and following a behavioural trend, a marine biologist says. Since May 2020 ...

Bigg’s orcas were observed stalking seabirds in Puget Sound last month, a behaviour that researchers believe wasn’t hunting, ...

They sea an opportunity for shenanigans. For the last four years, a small band of orcas have been raising hell off the Atlantic coasts of Europe by ramming into nearly 700 vessels and making some sink ...

A U.S.-based research team has documented a rare glimpse of Bigg's killer whales engaging in some unusual behaviour, ...

When their kin aren’t attacking boats and porpoises or monitoring their large adult sons, some pods of orca whales are also known to attack the fearsome great white shark. Groups of these marine ...

What is it like kayaking where killer whales swim? If you paddle in the Puget Sound in Washington, you may find yourself face-to-face with a pod of killer whales, also known as orcas. Despite their ...

(CNN) — It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile in 2023, a massive female killer whale walloped the much smaller dolphin, sending it ...

Several killer whale calves were spotted “playing” with prey along Monterey Bay last weekend, enthralling wildlife photographers lucky enough to capture the sight and share it on social media. The ...

Killer whales are social creatures that live and travel in pods. They even have pod-specific anthems they repeat to one another. Rajvi Khatri via Unsplash Boaters with Monterey Bay Whale Watch spotted ...