Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the offensive. Their new target is whale sharks, the world's largest fish species. According to CNN, a new study — published in the journal ...

Killer whales are known as apex predators in the regions they inhabit in each of the Earth's oceans, typically preying on fish, turtles, marine mammals like seals, and even moose. Now, researchers ...

A pod of killer whales, Orcinus orca, in the North Pacific. (U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) (CN) — One day last summer, two observational vessels encountered a gruesome scene off ...

Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico have been spotted hunting young great white sharks by flipping them over to incapacitate them before eating their energy-filled liver, new ...

Off the coast of Mexico, a pod of killer whales has developed a specialized hunting technique. They flip juvenile great white sharks upside down in a way that likely triggers a trance-like paralysis, ...

Researchers and tourists on board two vessels captured a rare event of a single killer whale, also known as an orca whale, attacking a juvenile white shark and killing it in under 2 minutes. The video ...

Famously, killer whales have been documented at length targeting white sharks in South Africa, resulting in a mass exodus of sharks from the area and triggering ecological cascades. These events have ...

The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds Kelsey Williamson Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the ...