Orcas are among the most versatile and intelligent predators in the ocean. Unlike other marine hunters, they target prey species that few animals are capable of attacking. Size, coordination, and ...

Orcas are born with powerful bodies and sharp teeth, but they are not born knowing how to hunt. Here’s why they depend so ...

When researchers from the University of British Columbia set out to film the solitary hunting habits of Northern resident ...

Floating ice provides a perfect resting place for tired seals. They are safer from predators than they would be in the water ...

(CNN) — A pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins off the coast of British Columbia have been observed cooperating with orcas, a traditional enemy that’s better known for taking out great white sharks ...

The orca is called the killer whale for a reason—and nothing demonstrates why quite like a recent scientific discovery about deadly encounters between orcas and young great white sharks. A pod of orca ...

In the conversation of the ocean’s greatest predator, the debate usually comes down to orca vs great white shark. Most people would likely say the giant, man-eating great white, and it’s easy to see ...

The great white shark’s fearsome reputation has been shaped in part by films like Jaws and Deep Blue Sea, which portray it as an unstoppable force of nature. Orcas, however, have earned their “killer ...

We witnessed these apex predators combing the shoreline for their favorite pinniped prey, and they easily connected." ...