Grabbing a meal with a friend is way better than dining solo — and killer whales agree. The whales prefer to hunt for herring in pairs, researchers report July 3 in Current Biology. These cetaceans ...

The killer whales ripped the liver out of a shark and passed it around—only the second time orcas have been seen engaging in ...

Sixty orcas were filmed killing a 59-foot pygmy blue whale in Bremer Canyon off the coast of Western Australia on April 7. The brutal footage shows the pod of killer whales living up to their name, ...

Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review spanning two decades has revealed a little-known, yet intriguing behavior.

The orca is called the killer whale for a reason—and nothing demonstrates why quite like a recent scientific discovery about deadly encounters between orcas and young great white sharks. A pod of orca ...

Occurred on October 15, 2023 / Monterey Bay, California, USA Info from Licensor: "Amazing sight today with CA216C1 Frosty! California Killer Whale Project identified CA216C and CA216C1 (Frosty) ...

Video footage captured by Charvet Drucker shows the seal jumping onto a boat as orcas chased it off of Camano Island in ...

Scientists confirmed that West Coast transient killer whales actually form two separate groups split between inner and outer ...

When researcher Jared Towers set up his cameras underwater to observe a pair of killer whales, he saw something strange.One of the orcas, a juvenile female, “approached a camera I had in the water to ...

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Rescuers rushed to save a group of false killer whales that stranded on a beach in Australia, photos show. Photo from Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia A rescue mission recently took place ...