The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds ...

For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of orcas cooperatively hunting whale sharks, the largest species ...

Killer whales off Mexico have developed coordinated hunting skills to take down whale sharks, adding to their reputation as ...

Orcas off the coast of Mexico have devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks, and marine scientists have documented the behavior for the first time.

A 6.2-metre-long whale shark swimming at around one metre per second would be able to filter about 614,000 litres of sea water per hour. Despite not needing razor-sharp teeth for cutting and tearing ...

Small organisms such as plankton get stuck in their gill rakers and the shark then consumes the food. Filter-feeding sharks include whale sharks, megamouth sharks and basking sharks. These species ...

A new study details how, in the Gulf of California, a pod manages to carry out coordinated attacks against the largest fish ...

Additionally, whale sharks have tiny teeth that they do not use for any defence mechanism. Their only defence is flailing or diving down, deep into the waters, nearly 2,000 metres. "The animals ...