The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds ...

The male killer whale isn't the only orca to disappear recently. Researchers also did not see a baby orca belonging to the L pod during the Oct. 29 encounter, the Center for Whale Research said.

Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s.

Off California's coast, even great white sharks avoid orcas. One study found that white sharks fled when killer whales appeared, leaving their seasonal feeding grounds for as long as a year. Killer ...

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are finding a new place to roam in the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean. Though Indigenous people ...

Scientists have believed that killer whales, or orcas, could kill whale sharks for a long time, but had not been able to actually document exactly how they do it. New images from Frontiers in ...

These predation events, documented between 2018 and 2024, reveal a coordinated and strategic approach by a pod of killer whales. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and orcas (Orcinus orca) are each ...

Orcas have been in the news for quite some time, and now these killer whales are making headlines for hunting whale sharks.

The researchers’ analysis revealed exactly how the killer whales, often hunting as a group, subdue the whale shark. First, the orcas use their bodies to hit a whale shark at high speed.

A pod of killer whales has developed "unique" skills to hunt the world’s biggest fish. The orcas have been spotted in the Gulf of California hunting whale sharks - which grow up to 18 meters (59 ...

The male killer whale isn’t the only orca to disappear ... Researchers also did not see a baby orca belonging to the L pod during the Oct. 29 encounter, the Center for Whale Research said.