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 ...
"One individual was engaged in three of the four events, alongside with other members who might belong to a pod specialized in hunting [whale] sharks." The killer whale "Moctezuma" approaching the ...
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 ...
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 a ...
That's also when they're smaller, and as the researchers discovered in Mexico, more vulnerable to predatory killer whales. Analyzing photos and footage in which they recognized specific orcas by ...