With roughly 45 teeth, each up to 10cm long and 4cm wide, orcas are perfectly engineered for ripping and tearing prey. These ...

A rare and dramatic encounter with transient killer whales has been documented off the coast of Victoria, offering a glimpse ...

In the serene surface of the Gulf of California, a harrowing spectacle is developing. Near the surface ridden with confusion and gushing blood, a juvenile great white shark struggles. A pod of killer ...

Amongst all the different killer whale populations around the world, there's only a couple that have been observed doing this ...

A YouTube video from BioArk delves into the hunting and killing methods of orcas, specifically their approach to targeting moose. It may sound impossible when you think of a sea mammal hunting a land ...

New research reveals that orcas around the island of Hokkaido can be split into two distinct forms, offering conservationists ...

Primates, birds, and elephants are all known to make tools, but examples of tool use among marine animals are much more limited. Reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on June 23, a team ...

Two killer whales scrubbing kelp between their backs, also known as “allokelping.” Credit: Center for Whale Research, NMFS NOAA Permit 27038 Lots of animals use tools to get their food, but ...

Killer whales, including calves and juveniles, travel in their family group in the Gulf of Alaska in June 2025. It’s well documented by now that the marine heatwave that hit the Pacific Ocean in 2014 ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --Kshamenk, the last killer whale held in captivity in Latin America, died of cardiorespiratory arrest in Argentina at age 35, Mundo Marino said. The mammal spent 33 years in a marine ...

Off the Pacific coast of Canada, scientists have captured something that challenges long‑held assumptions about life in the sea: killer whales and dolphins moving in sync as they pursue the same prey.