"I knew they never attacked people so just sat there on my board." ...

Is it just the apex ocean predators having some fun? The post Killer whales caught on camera ramming huge fish until it ...

Two severed killer-whale dorsal fins washed ashore on Russia’s Bering Island in 2022, each scarred by tooth-rake marks that match the bite pattern of mammal-eating killer whales. A peer-reviewed study ...

An iconic marine predator has been caught on camera demonstrating a curious way to play with their prey. Scientists have captured orcas, fittingly known as killer whales, engaging in some macabre ...

Lewis Childs was surfing by himself off Neskowin in Tillamook County on Friday morning when something unusual happened: a 6-foot-tall dorsal fin broke the surface of the water about 30 yards from his ...

In many ways, the sunfish could not have been better-designed as an orca’s chew toy. The largest species, the oceanic sunfish Mola mola, can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh up to 6,000 pounds. And ...

Usually there's safety in numbers, but it doesn't always work that way. Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) filter-feed on immense shoals of krill, engulfing colossal mouthfuls of water containing up ...

A cruise ship arrived in Seward, Alaska, on June 19 carrying more than visiting tourists returning from a scenic voyage. Draped over the massive vessel’s bulbous bow was the body of a 61-foot pregnant ...

Sightings of blue whales and fin whales off Southern Africa’s Atlantic coast have increased in recent years, according to a newly published study. This could signal recovery of the marine mammals ...

SEWARD, Alaska — Preliminary findings from the necropsy conducted on a fin whale discovered on the bow of a cruise ship in Seward, Alaska, indicate the animal likely died after being struck by a ...