Orcas are endlessly fascinating creatures. Their antics have been the focus of the internet's interest in recent years. Now, ...

The stories of mythical creatures span across cultures and time, continuing to interest and influence people today ...

The Ocucaje desert is known for being rich with fossils. At least 55 new species of marine vertebrates have been found in the ...

This week on Break It Down: killer whales have been wearing salmon hats (again) and sucking out the livers of the world’s ...

A new marine predator has emerged that challenges the dominance of the mighty whale sharks in the ocean. These are the orcas, ...

Orcas have been up to all sorts of things in 2024 – from sinking boats to reinstating fashion trends, these super-intelligent ...

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

Here comes a sobering reminder. A pod of orcas ( Orcinus orca) that patrol the Gulf of California have devised collaborative hunting techniques to take down the biggest fish in the ocean: the ...

For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of orcas cooperatively hunting whale sharks, the largest species ...

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

Orcas’ physiology should hamper their ability to catch whale sharks. “They have lungs,” says Pancaldi. The whale shark, with gills, can do infinite lurks and dive 2,000 meters deep, while its mammal ...

The orca attacks appear to be led by a large adult male, suggesting that he may be leading the charge on this predatory ...