Orcas acted as primary scouts by actively seeking out baleen whales and alerting the whalers by breaching and slapping their tails at the mouth of the river. This 90-year alliance proves that Orcas ...

For decades, humans and killer whales hunted together in the waters of Twofold Bay. Orcas herded massive whales into shallow waters, and humans finished the kill. In return, the orcas were given the ...

Why do killer whales (orcas) in captivity kill humans, whereas this doesn't happen in the wild? Federal hearings on the safety of keeping killer whales in captivity began this week, convened by the ...

In one of the strangest hunting partnerships ever recorded, humans and wild killer whales once worked together to hunt ...

Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species ...

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," ...

Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are incredibly intelligent creatures, capable of complex hunting strategies. They also engage ...