Experts believe the behaviour, which has never been seen before, could be a way of breaking down a large meal to make it more digestible for orca calves, in a similar way to how humans purée food for ...

But off the coast of Baja California, a group of orcas has adopted a brutal way of hunting sunfish: With an unusual maneuver, ...

Orcas have once again proven they deserve their 'killer' reputation, as scientists capture a brutal never-before-seen ...

An adult orca cruises near the surface of the clear, blue water, holding a large sunfish carcass in its mouth. Seconds later, ...

Somewhere in the sun-bleached waters of the Gulf of California, a female orca, a.k.a killer whale, clamps her teeth around ...

A group of orcas in the Gulf of California appear to have an additional tool in their hunting toolbox—and it was caught on camera. One whale holds down the dead body of a large sunfish, which can grow ...

Orcas are known to be smart and ruthless hunters. They've been observed hunting a variety of prey, with some species, such as ...

An adult orca cruises near the surface of the clear, blue water, holding a large sunfish carcass in its mouth. Author Vanessa Pirotta Whale ...

Scientists captured video of orcas ramming into sunfish with such force that the fish exploded. The behavior may be for fun ...

Killer whales might pulverize sunfish to break them into smaller bites for young orcas — or they might just find it ...

In two incidents documented in Mexico’s Gulf of California, orcas worked together to blast sunfish into smithereens after they had killed the enormous animals ...

There have been numerous accounts in recent years of orcas ramming boats—and sometimes sinking them. Scientists believe this ...