Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...
In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with the teeth of another killer whale. In 2024, it ...
Two severed fins bearing the tooth marks of other killer whales have raised a troubling question: are some orcas hunting ...
A 66-foot boat was sailing in the Strait of Gibraltar when a killer whale emerged and pounced upon the boat. The force of her hulking body gashed a crack into the boat, and a deluge of water gushed ...
While killer whales (Orcinus orca) can trigger the immediate departure of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), extended absences from their aggregation sites are also part of the sharks' natural ...
The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations called ecotypes. Each ecotype indicates an ecological specialization with its ...