Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and ...

By Caroline Hemphill Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are finding a new place to roam in the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean.

In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has ...

Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s.

Interestingly, while the lipid-rich livers are thought to be the primary target of these attacks, there was no photographic ...

Killer whales are known as apex predators in the regions they inhabit in each of the Earth's oceans, typically preying on ...

Orcas in the Gulf of California hunt whale sharks using advanced techniques. This highlights the need for conservation ...

Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it’s the 1980s, but researchers still ...

King salmon, or chinook, are a critical part of the diet of Southern Resident killer whales. The population of Southern ...