Charlotte Birkmanis, Director of the Jock Clough Marine Foundation and Adjunct Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia Oceans Institute, points out that the health of whale sharks ...

While it may seem that whale sharks and orcas battling it out would be one titanic battle, the reality is not as grand. According to the study published in the journal, Frontiers in Marine Science ...

Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the offensive. Their new target is whale sharks, the world's largest fish species. According to CNN, a new study — published in the ...

In the Gulf of California, a pod might have picked up new skills that help them hunt whale sharks—the world's largest ... use activity is carried out in a respectful and sustainable manner ...

That's an awful way to go. Killer whales have been spotted attacking whale sharks elsewhere, but it appears that this pod in particular has figured out a particularly effective way of hunting ...

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 ...

characterized by focusing on attacking the pelvic area causing the whale shark to bleed out and allow orcas access to the lipid-rich liver. “One individual was engaged in three of the four events, ...

Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of California are hunting whale sharks using a highly specialized set of strategies to attack them.