The behavior, often called “wave-washing,” has been seen in nature before. Pods of orcas swim in formation toward a seal on ...

The idea of beached marine life is horrifying. The act is often associated with ill animals and can quickly lead to death.

A recent study in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics explains how Antarctic orcas create 'depression waves' to knock seals from ice floes through precise swimming posture and group coordination. By ...

Orcas are not just strong predators – they are organized, intelligent killers with tactics that look almost military. They ...

A whale watching boat recently spotted a large group of orcas, also called killer whales, off the northern Channel Islands.

Nobody likes a mama’s boy. That’s true whether you’re trying to date on Duval Street or praying with your girlfriends over a ...

Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species is a growing concern.

They are big. They are beautiful. And they are back. The return of the humpback whale to greater numbers than observed in decades is part of a larger revival of marine mammals in the Salish Sea. It is ...

About a dozen people had a front-row seat as four Bigg’s orcas, including a new calf, frolicked near the Ogden Point Breakwater on Thursday.

Researchers around the world are concerned about the declining ecosystems and food sources for the apex predator Getty Great white sharks are feeling the heat. According to a recent study published in ...

Electric eels 'switch off' their electronic pulses to sneak up on prey – a hunting strategy similar to that of orcas using ...

In a display of sophisticated predatory behaviour, three orcas were seen using a highly strategic hunting method to ‘kidnap’ a young humpback whale, from under its mother’s nose. This entirely new ...