, 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It's long been thought that the Southern Resident orcas that live in our region have no predators, but Bigg's orcas might be ...
Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might ...
Marine experts are baffled by a series of “bloodthirsty” seal attacks on common dolphins along the British coast. Specialists believe that this shocking behaviour could be limited to a single killer ...
Orcas are among the ocean’s top predators, yet there is only one well-documented attack on a human in the wild: in 1972, a surfer was bitten – probably because he was mistaken for a seal – but ...
Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a recently published study in the journal Ecosphere. The types of ...
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The father of a 16 year-old who was murdered was seen on video punching and kicking the accused killer after the two crossed paths outside a North Carolina courthouse.