A solitary killer whale, or orca, has been filmed hunting and killing a great white shark in an “astonishing” attack. Scientists said it was “unprecedented” and showed the exceptional predatory skills of killer whales. Two orcas in particular off South Africa’s coast have been observed before working together to hunt and kill sharks, including great […]
When their kin aren’t attacking boats and porpoises or monitoring their large adult sons, some pods of orca whales are also known to attack the fearsome great white shark. Groups of these marine mammals are known to hunt and kill these giant fish in an epic battle of apex predators. Now, a solitary orca–aka killer […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A pair of orcas working in concert have been killing great whites along a stretch of South African coastline since at least 2017, plundering the sharks’ nutrient-rich livers and discarding the rest. Scientists have been trying […]
Tilikum was a male orca who almost lived his whole life in captivity. He was only two years old when authorities captured him in the waters off the coast of Iceland in 1983. At first, he lived in a concrete holding tank in Hafnarfjördur Marine Zoo. Gradually, he grew in size and became over 22 […]
Killer whales were spotted preying on a dolphin meters away from surfers and swimmers off the coast of La Jolla in San Diego, California, on Sunday, January 28. Footage recorded by Jacob Halstead captures the close encounter. It shows a pod of orcas leaping out of the water near a group of surfers. The orcas […]
A pod of orcas rarely seen in California continues to create “killer whale madness,” a whale-watching video shows. “What other words can we say, besides that this amount of activity is just unprecedented!!” an Instagram post Monday, Dec. 25, by Newport Coastal Adventure said. A video in the post shows a killer whale, as they’re […]
In a rare video captured by a whale watching expedition off the coast of San Diego this week, a killer whale teaches its baby how to hunt by headbutting a dolphin, causing it to flip several times in the air. “The orcas catch the dolphin, but let it go after it’s subdued because it’s not […]