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Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review ...
The population of Bigg’s killer whales — which is believed to be in the hundreds — has grown since the government stopped ...
Over two decades, orcas have been observed offering prey to humans in 34 recorded encounters across the globe. From stingrays ...
LONDON -- A cruise line has apologized to over 1,000 of its passengers after one of its ships arrived at port in the middle of a whale hunt where dozens of the marine mammals were being ...
Killer whales can hunt and kill blue whales, ... the orcas' "preferred cut of meat," Pitman said. ... when killer whales charged at a blue whale. Whenever the blue whale — a 46-foot-long (14 m) ...
A kind of killer Orca whale has a surprising taste for shark meat, says a researcher at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo. And its love for shark meat could be wreaking havoc with their ...
Ehattesaht First Nation Chief Simon John said the young killer whale swam to an area of the lagoon where members of the neighbouring Nuchatlaht First Nation tossed about 18 kilograms of seal meat ...
Even birds capitalized on the feast, diving down for chunks of meat. “It was raining whale shark,” Ayres says. 4th of July Sale ... they are starting to see more orcas versus whale shark events.
Despite the popularity of whale meat in a nation where 48 percent of residents are categorized as poor or vulnerable to poverty, researchers say the government should launch intervention campaigns ...
From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are displaying some fascinating — and sometimes terrifying — behaviors.
An orca whale calf that was trapped in a lagoon on the northwestern side of Vancouver Island has since found its way to the lagoon's outlet.
The two-year-old female transient killer whale had been stuck in the tidal lagoon near the village of Zeballos, B.C., since March 23, when her pregnant mother became trapped at low tide and died ...