Orcas off the coast of Mexico have devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks, and marine scientists have ...
Have you ever thought about which animals are the biggest in the world? From the magnificent blue whale to the majestic ...
For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of orcas cooperatively hunting whale sharks, the largest species ...
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 ...
Researchers have documented killer whales working as a team to prey on whale sharks in the Gulf of California.
In the attacks, caught on video between 2018 and 2024, the orcas killed young whale sharks that gathered in the Gulf of ...
Interestingly, while the lipid-rich livers are thought to be the primary target of these attacks, there was no photographic ...
A pod of killer whales has developed “unique” skills to hunt the world’s biggest fish. The orcas have been spotted in the ...
The method of hunting may imply that some orcas in the Gulf of California have acquired a special set of skills–like going ...
Off the coast of Mexico, scientists have observed a pod of killer whales adapting new skills to help them hunt these docile ...
The orca attacks appear to be led by a large adult male, suggesting that he may be leading the charge on this predatory ...
Orcas, or killer whales as they are commonly known, are marine mammals known to display a range of intelligent behaviours. As ...