SAN JUAN ISLAND, WASHINGTON – It’s an image you often see on paintings and wood carvings – a giant totemic killer whale, with the images of sea creatures and faces artistically contained within the ...

Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review spanning two decades has revealed a little-known, yet intriguing behavior.

UNDATED (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Scientists discovered that a pod of orcas have developed a new method for killing whale sharks, the world's largest fish. Scientists have believed that killer whales, or ...

Drone pilot Slater Moore captured a rare sight on camera: two adult female killer whales and two calves tearing into a still-wriggling shark in California's Monterey Bay. It's rare to catch this ...

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 study comparing the nutritional demands of killer whales with the caloric content of their prey has startling implications for the potential impact of these large predators on populations of other ...

Marine biologists have documented a remarkable hunting strategy employed by killer whales in the southern Gulf of California, in which they harvest whale sharks' organs. Researchers in Mexico have ...

Killer whales have been spotted hunting down dolphins - and sharing the catch with pals - for the first time. The dramatic new images of orcas in the Humboldt Current system, off Chile, show them ...