A killer whale in the Salish Sea is observed harassing a porpoise, a behavior that has long perplexed scientists. A study from Wild Orca and UC Davis’ SeaDoc Society investigates what may be behind it ...

Living up to their names, killer whales have been killing other marine mammals but not eating them for decades, and scientists aren't sure exactly why. Orcas seemingly hunt down, harass ...

Odontocetes, or whales with teeth, use echolocation to hunt their food with sound rather than sight. They eat squid, octopus, fish, prawns, crustaceans and other marine mammals, sucking in their ...

Orca whales have been spotted off the coast of Cape Breton this week. Lobster fisherman Bernie Lamey told CBC that this is ...

Killer whales in the Pacific are grouped into three ecotypes: Residents, which live close to shore and eat salmon and other fish; offshores, which live farther out and also eat fish; and ...

How big they are: Up to 32 feet (9.8 meters) long How long they live: Up to 100 years, but usually around 25 to 50 years What they eat ... whales. Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." ...

It was a shocking discovery. Killer whales eat a wide range of food as a species, from fish to squid to marine mammals such as seals. But different groups often have specialized diets based on ...

The gentle giants, which eat tiny plankton, can grow as long as a school bus. Still, killer whales have developed a way to take them down, which researchers documented in video footage.

Killer Whales Sink Boat Off Morocco in 45-Minute Attack ... Cops Say She’s 'Grateful to Eat' After Rescue ...

It was, at that time, the first documented sighting of killer whales eating white sharks. The incident sparked new lines of research, as well as some intriguing questions for Schulman-Janiger and ...

Harassment and killing of porpoises (“phocoenacide”) by fish‐eating Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca). Marine Mammal Science , 2023; DOI: 10.1111/mms.13073 Cite This Page : ...