, March 10 -- Scientists have found possible evidence suggesting that some killer whales may hunt and eat their own species in waters near Russia. The discovery comes after two severed fins of killer ...

Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might ...

In the North Pacific, orca fins with signs of cannibalism are washing up on a Russian beach. The findings suggest that killer whales occasionally participate in cannibalism, which might explain why ...

If we were to list some of the most common animals, we might think of sharks, foxes, or dolphins. However, the world has ...

Lynne Schafer Gross and Mark McDermott One day circa 1970, a boy in El Segundo looked up at a telephone pole near his home and saw a hawk perched at ...

Common names for animals are often easier to remember than their Latin names, but they can often lead to confusion. Here are ...

Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...

It's long been thought that the Southern Resident orcas that live in our region have no predators, but Bigg's orcas might be ...

Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been spotted not far off the coast of Massachusetts.

Orcas don’t have any natural predators, so how did this happen? The tooth marks, it turned out, were distinctive – they were ...

A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...

The strongest bite force in the world has been discussed multiple times, as has the strongest bite force of any dog. Now, let ...