Researchers have documented orcas dropping prey and other marine life in front of humans, as if offering us food. The orcas' ...

A study published in the journal Oceans details the remarkable chance encounter between a group of citizen scientists on a ...

Orca. Image by JuRitt via Depositphotos Orcas are much more than just black-and-white ocean predators. They are apex predators, meaning they sit at the very top of the food chain, and their complex ...

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are finding a new place to roam in the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean. Though Indigenous people in the region have seen the whales, also known as orcas, pop up ...

Orcas (Orcinus orca) might be even more ferocious predators than we give them credit for. Scientists have discovered orcas that have learned to hunt whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), the largest ...

The scientists had previously documented orcas (Orcinus orca) in the region chasing both dusky dolphins and long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis). However, this new observation is the ...

These killer whales seen off the continental shelf of northeastern New Zealand are members of the elusive ecotype of offshore orcas. Orca populations have been divided into ecotypes to account for ...

For four years, orcas have been ramming and sinking luxury yachts, and scientists finally have an idea why. No, it's not their anticapitalist 'eat the rich' agenda, nor is it to do with territory ...

The orcas are at it again. A group of the highly social marine mammals, also called killer whales, attacked and sank a 50-foot-long sailing yacht on Sunday, the New York Times reported. Two people ...

Orcas (Orcinus orca), also known as Killer whales, are easily recognized by their black-and-white markings on their bodies. More specifically, these whales have an iconic white patch near their eyes.