Researchers observed how transient killer whales (orcas) in Monterey Bay, California spent their time through 270 hours of behavioral observations. Foraging accounted for 84.16% of the time spent by ...

Along remote coastlines, killer whale parents teach their young how to intentionally beach themselves for prey in a tradition ...

Orcas can hunt stingrays using brute-force surprise: a sudden, powerful tail slap can flip and stun a ray, leaving it temporarily helpless. Killer whales have an extremely broad diet: depending on the ...

Rare video captures orca parents teaching their young to hunt sunfish. The footage shows adult killer whales demonstrating hunting techniques to younger members of their pod using a sunfish as prey ...

Whale watchers in Madeira captured the astonishing moment orcas took down the deep-diving marine mammal. The predatory behavior had never been documented in the region. A pygmy sperm whale was ...

Orcas are renowned hunters. Now, they have surprised scientists with an unexpected twist — possibly getting help from dolphins. In the waters off British Columbia, marine ecologist Sarah Fortune and ...