A killer whale surfaces beside a small boat, a freshly caught fish clamped in its jaws. It releases the fish near the hull, ...
For generations, certain pods of killer whales reportedly cooperated directly with human whalers during hunts. The orcas ...
A kayaker paddled for his life, while an orca stalked him into shallow waters at Bahía Rosas, Golfo San Matías, in Argentina.
Killer whales are among the ocean’s most powerful predators. They can prey on stingrays, seals, porpoises, and even massive baleen whales. They are also known for disrupting great white sharks and ...
Along remote coastlines, killer whale parents teach their young how to intentionally beach themselves for prey in a tradition ...
First observed in the 1980s, the fad of orcas swimming around with dead salmon on their foreheads off Washington State seemed to have faded—until now. An orca from the southern resident population off ...
LA VENTANA, Mexico — In the turquoise waters off La Ventana, a sleepy coastal town on Mexico’s Baja peninsula, Claudio Rios, 41, monitored the radio of a fishing boat. It was late March. His eyes ...
For more than five years, killer whales have been ramming – and in some cases sinking – expensive yachts, sailboats and fishing boats in the crystalline waters off the coasts of Spain, Portugal, ...