Orcas are among the ocean’s top predators, yet there is only one well-documented attack on a human in the wild: in 1972, a surfer was bitten – probably because he was mistaken for a seal – but ...

People love a tidy villain, so sharks get cast as the ocean’s hitmen, while orcas get treated like spooky geniuses with ...

Wild orcas occasionally approach humans and offer us food, according to a new study — but scientists aren't sure why. Researchers have documented dozens of cases of orcas (Orcinus orca), also known as ...

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 researcher Jared Towers set up his cameras underwater to observe a pair of killer whales, he saw something strange. She closed her mouth, paused, apparently watching for Towers’ reaction and hung ...

Fins washing up in the North Pacific suggest that orcas from one subspecies are snacking on other orcas, and researchers ...