Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their ...

A group of killer whales spotted hunting off the coast of California and Oregon over two decades may actually be their own unique population of animals, a new study says. When the notorious black ...

A pod of orcas off the coast of Mexico appears to have learned new skills that help them hunt whale sharks — the world’s ...

A study published in the journal Current Biology describes a new example of tool use by a critically endangered population of ...

Despite the protection of the other whales, the albino orca was covered in gnarly scars to show its battle wounds from the open ocean. The unique orca is not not 'true' albino, which is caused by ...

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) in ...

The adult male killer whale Moctezuma and five other killer whales (two adult females, two juveniles, one calf), in the vicinity of the juvenile whale shark, measuring around 6 meters.

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

Killer whales themselves can grow to be up to 26 ft long (8 m) ... Analyzing photos and footage in which they recognized specific orcas by their dorsal fins and scars, ...

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) in ...

Killer whale pod develops unique technique to hunt world's largest fish. In the attacks, caught on video between 2018 and 2024, the orcas killed young whale sharks that gathered in the Gulf of ...

Orcas have learned how to hunt and kill huge whale sharks, video shows. Off the coast of Mexico, scientists have observed a pod of killer whales adapting new skills to help them hunt these docile ...