Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s.
In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has ...
Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and ...
By Caroline Hemphill Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are finding a new place to roam in the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean.
Orcas were previously seen sporting salmon on their heads in the late 1980s, but it’s not clear what the behavior means.
Interestingly, while the lipid-rich livers are thought to be the primary target of these attacks, there was no photographic ...
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 revived a curious trend from the 1980s in which they swim around with dead salmon balanced on ...
Follow one scientist in the search for one particular pack of killer whales, because for him, this mission is personal ...
King salmon, or chinook, are a critical part of the diet of Southern Resident killer whales. The population of Southern ...
Conservation helped stop most whale hunting. Now shipping kills them and little is done to avoid collision risk ...
In the attacks, caught on video between 2018 and 2024, the orcas killed young whale sharks that gathered in the Gulf of ...