Charlotte Rampling and Richard Harris are the heavy-hitting Oscar nominees facing off with a big plastic whale.

When author Peter Benchley’s 1974 book was going to print, he needed to choose a title. He has juggled various titles — ...

A: Though Spielberg shot “Jaws” on Martha’s Vineyard, off Cape Cod, it was the neighboring island, Nantucket, that inspired ...

The Orca. Not coincidentally, two years after the massive success of “Jaws,” a 1977 ripoff about a killer whale was released titled “Orca.” What led to the shark often malfunctioning? Salt water. The ...

Orca. Image by Openverse. In 1992, Warner Bros. was searching for a captive orca to star in their upcoming family film “Free Willy.” They discovered Keiko at Reino Aventura and decided he would be ...

It’s been 50 years since Steven Spielberg induced intense selachophobia — or galeophobia if you prefer — to a wide swath of ...

While well-documented in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctica, much less is known about killer whales (Orcinus orca) in ...

In a baffling show of generosity, killer whales across the globe are giving fish to humans—and scientists are racing to ...