THIS is the shocking moment a pack of killer whales tear a shark to pieces and feast on its remains. Terrifying footage shows three huge whales passing the lifeless carcass of one of the ...

Killer whales are apex predators - intelligent, coordinated, and deadly. Yet for a time, humans didn’t fear them… they worked ...

Dramatic footage shows several killer whales circling and feeding on a blue shark off Baja California Sur, Mexico. Wildlife ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, ...

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

The world’s deadliest ambush predators are masters of stealth, camouflage, and sudden, lethal force, often attacking from hiding to secure prey.

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

Orcas don’t have any natural predators, so how did this happen? The tooth marks, it turned out, were distinctive – they were from an orca. The DNA analysis of the fins that fo ...

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The journey begins with what Celik describes as “incandescent rage.” Searching for answers, she calls her sister. “Honey, it's called perimenopause. Remember Mom at our age?” Soon after, an ...

Hunting killer whales always eat the animals they kill, typically leaving behind only a few low-energy parts, such as fins. "Also, if it was just aggression, they wouldn't bother to tear off the fin," ...