Killer whales have become something of a menace to seafarers around the world, with orca attacks on boats and yachts increasing every year leaving some sailors fearing for their lives. Now, as ...

Why Iberian orcas are attacking ships in the Strait of Gibraltar, ... Orcas, or “killer whales,” can grow up to 27 feet long and weigh as much as six tons.

New study finds ship collisions are top killer for whales Conservation helped stop most whale hunting. Now shipping kills them and little is done to avoid collision risk ...

Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of ...

But whale species also produce loud underwater songs. What stops killer whales from homing in on their calls and attacking them?. New research from the University of Washington finds some baleen ...

Killer whales themselves can grow to be up to 26 ft long (8 m) and weigh in excess of 6 tons. Whale sharks are filter feeders, which means they have large mouths with which to eat plankton and ...

A new study found that a killer whale pod in Mexico is attacking much larger whale sharks from below to debilitate them. This "sniper" hunting strategy appears to be an organized attack, according ...

In 1992, a colleague had returned from a fishing trip in Baja with a story about seeing two killer whales attacking a whale shark. But Ms. Schulman-Janiger was never able to confirm the event.

But this isn’t the first time researchers have documented killer whales attacking great white sharks. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent ...

Killer whales bring back wearing salmon hats, but it’s not for fashion. Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s.

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be ...