A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head. It’s not clear what the behavior means, but orcas were observed ...

Orcas off the coast of Mexico have devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks, and marine scientists have ...

Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and ...

A French theme park said Wednesday that it would close early next year over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals ...

The method of hunting may imply that some orcas in the Gulf of California have acquired a special set of skills–like going ...

Researchers have documented killer whales working as a team to prey on whale sharks in the Gulf of California.

Interestingly, while the lipid-rich livers are thought to be the primary target of these attacks, there was no photographic ...

Killer whales themselves can grow to be up to 26 ft long (8 m) and weigh in excess of 6 tons. Whale sharks are filter feeders ...

An especially popular killer whale put a dead fish on his head, in a throwback to a fashion last seen in the 1980s.

A pod of killer whales has developed “unique” skills to hunt the world’s biggest fish. The orcas have been spotted in the ...

In the attacks, caught on video between 2018 and 2024, the orcas killed young whale sharks that gathered in the Gulf of ...

A pod of killer whales has developed "unique" skills to hunt the world’s biggest fish. The orcas have been spotted in the ...