Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are often unfairly the stuff of marine nightmares. But these infamously fearsome creatures are sometimes eaten by an animal even higher on the food ...

Two killer whales scrubbing kelp between their backs, also known as “allokelping.” Credit: Center for Whale Research, NMFS NOAA Permit 27038 Lots of animals use tools to get their food, but ...

Researchers observed how transient killer whales (orcas) in Monterey Bay, California spent their time through 270 hours of behavioral observations. Foraging accounted for 84.16% of the time spent by ...

New research in the Strait of Gibraltar captured dozens of vocalizations from an endangered subpopulation of killer whales ...

Killer whales can scare white sharks away in the moment, but a 12-year study from South Australia shows that long disappearances from shark hotspots are often just part of the sharks’ natural rhythms.

CENTRAL COAST, CALIFORNIA -- The ocean just off the central California coast became a playground for a pod of orcas. Video taken by Monterey Bay Whale Watch videographer Evan Brodsky shows the orcas ...

There aren’t many animals in the ocean deadlier than orcas. As apex predators, they hunt with intelligence, coordination, and ...