Scientists have finally captured something long rumored but never proven: sperm whales headbutting each other. Using drone ...

At a Las Vegas casino aquarium, sharks eat restaurant-quality seafood: Here’s how aquarists keep them healthy and thriving.

Scientists found shark teeth inside fossil whale skulls, revealing how sharks fed on whales millions of years ago.

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

On March 6, three orcas showed up in Canada’s Vancouver Harbour, later heading south to Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia, that ...

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Historically, killer whale diet research relied on surface sampling of prey fragments, usually scales, helping researchers to determine primarily salmon species. Newer techniques that analyze DNA in ...

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 ...

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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," ...

Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska may have a more varied and flexible diet than previously understood. Credit: Shutterstock A long-term study using DNA from whale scat has revealed ...