Researchers in the Gulf of California have documented a dramatic orca behavior never described before. In two separate ...

In two incidents documented in Mexico’s Gulf of California, orcas worked together to blast sunfish into smithereens after ...

Whale-watchers on Sanctuary Cruises got a front-row seat to orcas hunting dolphins in a wild encounter off Monterey Bay, ...

Researchers for the first time have documented orcas cooperating to smash their prey. Both instances were captured on video.

Researchers off the coast of Baja California just filmed orcas doing something with a massive sunfish that no one had ever documented before, and it raises urgent questions about how these apex ...

Scientists captured video of orcas ramming into sunfish with such force that the fish exploded. The behavior may be for fun as well as for feeding, they report.

But off the coast of Baja California, a group of orcas has adopted a brutal way of hunting sunfish: With an unusual maneuver, the orcas pulverize the giants. Erick Higuera, a marine biologist at ...

The behavior could be a strategy to help younger orcas feed, or it may just be for their own amusement, researchers say ...

It’s been speculated they might do this for fun,” said Carlos Duarte, the co-author of a study documenting the unique ...

She watched as an orca held a sunfish by the tail while another orca swam toward the enormous fish and pummeled into it so ...

Orcas are called killer whales for a reason. These apex predators are fearsome hunters who employ diverse strategies and work ...

Orcas are known for their smart and often ruthless hunting tactics and have been observed using a wide range of strategies to ...