Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are incredibly ...

Hunting killer whales always eat the animals they kill, typically leaving behind only a few low-energy parts, such as fins. "Also, if it was just aggression, they wouldn't bother to tear off the fin," ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, inexperienced target guarded by a single adult. However, orcas cannot reach ...

Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called ...

Matthew I. Thompson receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Regina provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. University of ...

"We are witnessing an evolutionary process." Scientists discovery cause behind recent killer whale attacks: 'They should be divided' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Getting close to a stingray is risky, even for an accomplished predator such as an orca. They are not called stingrays for nothing! But if you can take them by surprise and stun them with a brutal ...

Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might ...

Cetaceans can be split into two main types: baleen whales (which have a sieve-like structure within their mouth to catch tiny fish when they take a gulp of water) and toothed whales (which eat prey ...

If we were to list some of the most common animals, we might think of sharks, foxes, or dolphins. However, the world has plenty of hybrids. And they are just as unique and beautiful as the animals we ...

In 2021 and 2023, hundreds of dolphins were stranded in shallow waters in San Antonio Bay in northern Patagonia. Some died, ...