A French theme park said Wednesday that it would close early next year over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals ...

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

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

A group of sea creatures were seen hunting sea lions off the coast of California, officials said. Onlookers were able to get ...

Killer whales can feed on marine mammals, turtles, and fish. In the Gulf of California, a pod might have picked up new skills ...

Killer whales themselves can grow to be up to 26 ft long (8 m) and weigh in excess of 6 tons. Whale sharks are filter feeders ...

Researchers recently observed a killer whale (Orca) wearing dead salmon on their heads as hats, and believe it or not it's ...

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

A team of scientists and filmmakers heads to Antarctica to study the most sophisticated hunts in the animal kingdom - killer whales making waves to wash seals off floating ice. In Antarctica, the most ...

Experts have been studying whales in the Pacific Ocean since the 1970s This particular pod is called the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) Granny is said to be the matriarch of the group and ...

Sequence of killer whale attack on whale shark on 26 May 2024. Two of the killer whales brought the whale shark to the surface. First, the orcas repeatedly ram a slow-swimming whale shark to stun it.

(Credit: Kelsey Williamson) Orcas can get organized. When hunting for whale sharks — the world’s largest fish — a pod of killer whales appears to target the youngest most vulnerable sharks, ram them ...