This event is part of a series of documented encounters between orcas and whale sharks in the southern Gulf of California.
The method of hunting may imply that some orcas in the Gulf of California have acquired a special set of skills–like going ...
For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of orcas cooperatively hunting whale sharks, the largest species ...
Orcas off the coast of Mexico have devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks, and marine scientists have ...
Off the coast of Mexico, scientists have observed a pod of killer whales adapting new skills to help them hunt these docile ...
Researchers have documented killer whales working as a team to prey on whale sharks in the Gulf of California.
Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and ...
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 ...
A new technique from an elite marine predator has emerged that challenges the dominance of the mighty whale sharks in the ...
A whale shark is brought up near the surface of the water ... but it appears that this pod in particular has figured out a ...
Marine biologists documented the never-before-confirmed behavior among orcas living in the Southern Gulf of California.
A new study has found that orcas, or killer whales, have learned how to hunt and kill the world’s largest fish species, whale ...