"When hunting, all pod members work together, hitting the whale shark to turn it upside down," explained marine biologist Erick Higuera Rivas. "In that position the sharks enter a state of tonic ...

The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds. Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the offensive.

A new study found that a killer whale pod in Mexico is attacking much larger whale sharks from below to debilitate them. This "sniper" hunting strategy appears to be an organized attack, according ...

Killer whales can feed on marine mammals, turtles, and fish. In the Gulf of California, a pod might have picked up new skills that help them hunt whale sharks—the world's largest fish, growing ...

The pod of orca whales that made headlines for their rare, prolonged tenure in Southern California earlier this year has made a splashing return to the region’s coastal waters.

Unique killer whale pod may have acquired special skills to hunt the world’s largest fish. Frontiers. Journal Frontiers in Marine Science DOI 10.3389/fmars.2024.1448254. Keywords ...

Whale pod joins solo rower in the Atlantic, rocking boat and blowing bubbles. British rower Tom Waddington captured video of what he estimated were 1,000 pilot whales rocking and swarming his boat ...

An endangered orca vanished from a dwindling whale pod off the Washington coast, a conservation group said. The missing Southern Resident killer whale, K-26, was not seen by researchers during an ...

An endangered orca vanished from a dwindling whale pod off the Washington coast, a conservation group said. The missing Southern Resident killer whale, K-26, was not seen by researchers during an ...