A new study found that a killer whale pod in Mexico is attacking much larger whale sharks from below to debilitate them. This ...

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Marine biologists documented the never-before-confirmed behavior among orcas living in the Southern Gulf of California.

For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of orcas cooperatively hunting whale sharks, the largest species of fish on Earth. This graphic footage proves that whale sharks are a ...

Killer whales off Mexico have developed coordinated hunting skills to take down whale sharks, adding to their reputation as ...

In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has observers wondering if the trend has returned.

While similar attacks on whale sharks may occur elsewhere ... been ID-ed multiple times in the Gulf of California is a male orca nicknamed Moctezuma, identified in three of the four documented ...

The adult male killer whale Moctezuma and five other killer whales (two adult females, two juveniles, one calf), in the vicinity of the juvenile whale shark, measuring around 6 meters. The whale shark ...

In the attacks, caught on video between 2018 and 2024, the orcas killed young whale sharks that gathered in the Gulf of California to feed.

Researchers have documented killer whales working as a team to prey on whale sharks in the Gulf of California.

A pod of killer whales has developed "unique" skills to hunt the world’s biggest fish. The orcas have been spotted in the ...

The killer whale "Moctezuma" approaching the whale shark ... Guillermo Aceves Salazar Collecting the data the scientists needed wasn't easy. Attacks cannot be predicted, access to images and ...