One theory put forward by Alfredo López Fernandez, a biologist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, suggested that the aggression started from a female orca that was perhaps struck by a boat ...

An orca rammed and lifted up a yacht with its mouth in the latest attack to occur off the coast of Portugal. Experienced sailors Paul and Norma Russell had been sailing from Cascais to Sines ...

Orcas that sunk a boat in Portugal ripped a huge hole in the back before tearing off the rudder and swimming away with it. The French sailboat became the latest to sink on November 1 amid a spate ...

There is no record of an orca killing a human in the wild. Still, two boats were reportedly sunk by orcas off the coast of Portugal last month, in the worst such encounter since authorities have ...

New strategies to save boats from the orca uprising are in the works. Portuguese officials plan to test devices that could deter so-called killer whales from taking down ships with sound ...

A female orca. Getty Images 2023-06-27T11:13:02Z Share. Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link An icon in the shape of a lightning ... the southernmost region of Portugal, ...

It wasn’t the first attack by an orca, or killer whale, off the coast of Spain and Portugal this year. And it may not be the last time one chews a rudder or crashes into a hull.

A trio of orcas attacked a boat in the Strait of Gibraltar earlier this month, damaging it so badly that it sank soon afterward. The May 4 incident was the third time killer whales (Orcinus orca ...

It is one of a number of orca rammings that have taken place in the region in recent years, ... In July 2023, Portugal banned tourist boats from approaching pods of orcas.

Orcas have been documented damaging or sinking boats off the coast of Spain and Portugal, but these altercations may simply be the whales scratching their backs on boats or playing terrifying games ...

A traumatized female orca could be behind the increased killer-whale attacks on boats. A traumatic event may have triggered a change in White Gladis' behavior, experts told LiveScience. They ...

The crew of the Ocean Race’s Team JAJO endured several heart-stopping minutes on their approach to the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday when their boat came under attack from a pod of orcas.