Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the offensive. Their new target is whale sharks, the world's largest fish species. According to CNN, a new study — published in the ...

Kelsey Williamson The study's scientists observed four separate hunting encounters in which the orca pod encountered and attacked a whale shark. Kelsey Williamson provided photos from the ...

However, most of us swim at a rate of only two miles per hour, which means a snorkeler could keep up alongside a whale shark for a short period to admire the animal’s size and beauty.

Home to over 500 different species of fish, the elusive (and rather massive) whale shark is arguably the face of the whole region as they annually aggregate here between April to August each year.

Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of California are hunting whale sharks using a highly specialized set of strategies to attack them. Generally, whale sharks have few predators to worry about, being the ...

Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of California are hunting whale sharks using a highly specialized set of strategies to attack them.

The attack was observed for the first time as a pod of orcas targeted young whale sharks, according to experts in Mexico. Four such attacks have been reported between 2008 and 2024 in the Gulf of ...

Whale sharks or “butanding” were sighted off Barangay Tinoto in Maasim, Sarangani over the past weeks, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-SOCCSKSARGEN (DENR-12). DENR-12 ...