Another killer whale hits the ventral side of the whale shark. Kelsey Williamson. In the sunlit waters of the Gulf of ...

Off the coast of Mexico, scientists have observed a pod of killer whales adapting new skills to help them hunt these docile ...

This event is part of a series of documented encounters between orcas and whale sharks in the southern Gulf of California.

Orcas off the coast of Mexico have devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks, and marine scientists have ...

The method of hunting may imply that some orcas in the Gulf of California have acquired a special set of skills–like going ...

Each killer whale has a distinct pattern of pigmentation behind its dorsal fin. How do these patterns vary around the world?

A new study has found that orcas, or killer whales, have learned how to hunt and kill the world’s largest fish species, whale ...

Orcas, better known as killer whales, have been spotted hunting whale sharks, the world's largest shark species, that can grow up to 40 feet -- which has surprised the scientists. The orca pod ...

There have been isolated reports in the past of killer whales (also known as orcas) attacking a whale shark. But a study, published Friday in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science is the first ...

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 ...