“The [Minnesota] Zoo called me out of the blue,” Leonard said. “This 1,700-pound Beluga whale had a big lesion on its jaw and they didn’t know what to do.” Leonard, the former head of pediatric ...
Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and devouring their livers. By Jason Bittel Off Baja California in Mexico, a ...
An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet ...
Marine biologists have documented a remarkable hunting strategy employed by killer whales in the southern Gulf of California, in which they harvest whale sharks' organs. Researchers in Mexico have ...
But since orcas can take down a big blue whale, it stands to reason that the ocean’s top predator can prey on the largest fish in the world, too. “We will have to prove it,” Higuera says ...
An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet ...
Off Baja California in Mexico, a killer whale named after an Aztec emperor is leading his pod on routine takedowns of the largest fish in the sea: whale sharks. There have been isolated reports in ...
Orcas, better known as killer whales, have been spotted hunting whale sharks, the world's largest shark species, that can grow up to 40 feet -- which has surprised the scientists. The orca pod ...
During your days at sea, search for blue whales – the world’s largest mammals – and sperm whales, which boast the largest brain. Other species you may see include baleen, pilot and fin ...