Orcas are endlessly fascinating creatures. Their antics have been the focus of the internet's interest in recent years. Now, ...

Hatful of Sorrow You've probably heard all about orcas' daring feats, like sinking yachts. But are you aware that they can be ...

Washington orcas have reportedly revived a macabre fashion trend: dead-salmon hats.

Off the coast of Mexico, scientists have observed a pod of killer whales adapting new skills to help them hunt these docile ...

The method of hunting may imply that some orcas in the Gulf of California have acquired a special set of skills–like going ...

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and ...

The J-, K- and L-pods are down to just 73 orcas, according to the latest census completed in July by the Center for Whale ...

When they're wearing salmon hats and terrorizing yachts, it's easy, perhaps, to forget that orcas are the most fearsome large ...

An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the ...

In the cold waters of Puget Sound, Washington, a peculiar fashion statement has resurfaced after nearly four decades. Orcas, ...

It’s a very sophisticated thing to do something for no purpose other than that it amuses you,” on researcher said.

Orcas’ physiology should hamper their ability to catch whale sharks. “They have lungs,” says Pancaldi. The whale shark, with gills, can do infinite lurks and dive 2,000 meters deep, while its mammal ...