An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet ...

An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet ...

Scientists have discovered orcas that have learned to hunt whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), the largest fish in the world. Marine biologists documented the never-before-confirmed behavior among ...

Reaching almost 60 feet long, whale sharks are the largest fish on the planet and can certainly feed a big and hungry orca whale. The findings are detailed in a study published November 29 in the ...

Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and devouring their livers. By Jason Bittel Off Baja California in Mexico ...

A pod of orcas off the coast of Mexico appears to have learned new skills that help them hunt whale sharks — the world’s largest fish, scientists say. A study published Friday in the journal ...

In May, researchers captured orcas hunting whale sharks in unprecedented detail. Here, see the aftermath: An orca swims with shark carrion in its mouth. For the first time, scientists have ...

A fascinating, yet unsettling behavior, the researchers who recently published that orcas here are hunting whale sharks, the world’s largest fish. These predation events, documented between 2018 ...

Fresh from last season’s power move of sinking boats in the Mediterranean sea, it would appear that this year orcas are ...

For years, anecdotal evidence suggested that orcas could be hunting the whale sharks. Now, a team of scientists in Mexico have reported four separate hunting events. “We show how orcas displayed ...

Some, like the crafty transient killer whales in the Pacific northwest, use canyons to hunt other marine mammals, while others feast on salmon exclusively. One pod in the Gulf of California, may have ...