The whale was massive. About 70 feet long. And it was fighting back. But the killer whales, which were only about a third as big, were making coordinated attacks and working together to exhaust ...

The blue whale resurfaced often to breathe during the attack. (Image credit: Naturaliste Charters) Meanwhile, more orcas kept arriving, and soon there were "at least six big males for different ...

ORCAs, the ultimate ocean predators, are capable of hunting the largest animals on Earth, including blue whales and elephant ...

Killer Whales Attacked a Blue Whale—Here's the Surprising Reason Why. A pod of orcas was seen conducting a synchronized attack on the world's largest animal, and they were probably not doing it ...

But blue whales are a whole different meal—and then some. Adults can get up to 110 feet long and weigh more than 300,000 pounds, making them the most gargantuan creatures on Earth .

Photographers aboard whale-watching boats in the region documented two other orca attacks on blue whales since the attack observed in 2019. Over a dozen orcas coordinated to carry out both attacks ...

The orcas – referred to in the study as “killer whales” – continued to attack their prey for 20 minutes, while the adult blue whale was “slapping and swiping its tail,” as a defense ...

Orcas are called killer whales for a reason. They are the ocean’s apex predator, known to prey on a wide variety of formidable creatures, including great white sharks. Now, scientists have ...

The video shows a group of killer whales streaking through the glassy blue water chasing down a solitary blue whale. The video of the pursuit was posted by Monterey Bay Whale Watch on their ...

More than 60 orcas worked together to attack the blue whale, only the fourth such recorded instance of its kind, according to Yahoo! News Australia.

The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. ... While juvenile blue whales are at high risk of attacks, ...