Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called ...

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 ...

Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are incredibly intelligent creatures, capable of complex hunting strategies. They also engage ...

Two severed fins bearing the tooth marks of other killer whales have raised a troubling question: are some orcas hunting ...

(CNN) — Scientists working in Mexico have recorded multiple incidents in which a group of orcas hunt young great white sharks and eat their energy-rich livers. In one incident, recorded in August 2020 ...

Getting close to a stingray is risky, even for an accomplished predator such as an orca. They are not called stingrays for ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, inexperienced target guarded by a single adult. However, orcas cannot reach ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering ...

A killer whale was filmed delivering a high-speed strike to a giant ocean sunfish during a rare underwater hunt in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Wildlife videographer Evans Baudin captured the moment ...