It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species ...

A killer whale was seen reviving a 1980s trend by wearing a dead salmon as a hat.

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are finding a new place to roam in the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean. Though Indigenous people ...

An especially popular killer whale put a dead fish on his head, in a throwback to a fashion last seen in the 1980s.

A pod of killer whales has developed "unique" skills to hunt the world’s biggest fish. The orcas have been spotted in the ...

Orcas’ physiology should hamper their ability to catch whale sharks. “They have lungs,” says Pancaldi. The whale shark, with gills, can do infinite lurks and dive 2,000 meters deep, while its mammal ...

A pod of killer whales shocked onlookers in Shetland by swimming up to the shore. The orcas were spotted on Friday in waters ...

Orcas have been in the news for quite some time, and now these killer whales are making headlines for hunting whale sharks.

A male orca named Moctezuma participated in three out of the four documented attacks between 2018 and 2024 in the Gulf of ...

Another killer whale hits the ventral side of the whale shark. Kelsey Williamson. In the sunlit waters of the Gulf of ...

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

This event is part of a series of documented encounters between orcas and whale sharks in the southern Gulf of California.