The orca is an apex predator. They are brilliant and often work together to take down large prey, including baby whales.

As humans increasingly appear in orcas' marine neighborhoods, the whales could be interested in learning about us: our ...

Researchers documented 34 instances of purported prey-sharing behavior, which suggests orcas may be altruistic and capable of ...

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

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

Researchers have identified a fascinating behavior in killer whales, aka orcas: they sometimes offer to share their prey with ...

Orcas often share food with each other—it’s a prosocial activity and a way that they build relationships with each other,” ...

Behavioral ecologist Michael Weiss was browsing through new drone footage of the orca pods he studies in the Salish Sea when ...

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One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring—when she noticed something very odd ...

In all the sightings, a weeks-old pilot whale swam by a female killer whale in what scientists call an echelon position, with the young whale located beside and slightly behind the adult orca. In ...

Their new target is whale sharks, the world's largest fish species. According to CNN, a new study — published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science on Nov. 29 — discovered that an orca ...