French marine park to close over law banning killer whale shows
A French theme park said Wednesday that it would close early next year over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals ...
Unique images shows orcas hunting, killing 18-meter-long giant whale shark using vicious technique
This event is part of a series of documented encounters between orcas and whale sharks in the southern Gulf of California.
Killer whale pod develops unique technique to hunt world's largest fish
In the attacks, caught on video between 2018 and 2024, the orcas killed young whale sharks that gathered in the Gulf of ...
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New study of salmon abundance prompts a rethink of endangered killer whale decline
King salmon, or chinook, are a critical part of the diet of Southern Resident killer whales. The population of Southern ...
Unique killer whale pod may have acquired special skills to hunt whale sharks
Killer whales can feed on marine mammals, turtles, and fish. In the Gulf of California, a pod might have picked up new skills ...
Killer Whales Hunt and Feast on the Largest Fish On Earth
Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and ...
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Orcas have learned how to hunt and kill huge whale sharks, video shows
Although they are known as killer whales, orcas are actually the ... who observed them hunting in groups and preying on larger whale species. They have been known to feed on everything from ...
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Killer whales have adapted special strategy to hunt world’s largest fish, scientists say
A few months earlier, researchers reported the first instance of a lone killer whale hunting and eating a great white shark off the coast of South Africa. In 2022, three instances were recorded of ...
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Her Heart Still Goes On: Killer whale called 'Granny' born the year before the TITANIC sank is the oldest in in the world aged 103
Experts have been studying whales in the Pacific Ocean since the 1970s This particular pod is called the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) Granny is said to be the matriarch of the group and ...
Frosty the rare white killer whale swims off the California coast
A rare white orca nicknamed Frosty was seen swimming with its mother and peers off the California coast.