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

Killer whales are known as apex predators in the regions they inhabit in each of the Earth's oceans, typically preying on ...

Researchers have documented killer whales working as a team to prey on whale sharks in the Gulf of California.

The dinner menu for the world’s orca whales is pretty varied. Some, like the crafty transient killer whales in the Pacific northwest, use canyons to hunt other marine mammals, while others feast on ...

The orcas would work together to hit the whale shark until it turned upside down. Image: A killer whale hits the ventral side of the whale shark. Pic: Kelsey Williamson Image: A killer whale hits ...

“You can clearly see how all the members of the orca pod are trying to bring down the whale shark,” Higuera Rivas said. “While one orca was bumping him on the ventral (belly) side, the other ...

Researchers observed four hunting events in the Gulf of California where orcas preyed on the world’s largest fish, whale sharks. In coordinated attacks, they targeted the sharks’ pelvic area, causing ...

The method of hunting may imply that some orcas in the Gulf of California have acquired a special set of skills–like going after the ventral side of young whale sharks–that help them prey on ...

Large numbers of endangered whale sharks have been sighted in waters off Madagascar. The first major scientific survey in the area shows there are far more of the huge fish than previously thought.

The orcas hunt whale sharks that gather at feeding sites in the Gulf of California and are not fully grown. The young sharks are typically 3 to 7 meters (10 to 23 feet) in length, making them more ...

The whale sharks were temporarily stunned and flipped over, enabling the orcas access to the lipid-rich liver of the fish. The orcas targeted the belly side likely because it is the least ...