Orcas are hunting sharks in the Gulf of California, targeting large species including bull sharks and blacktips, scientists reveal. Three orcas, or killer whales, are behind the attacks, and researchers say it is unclear what impact these hunts could have on the ecosystem, and whether sharks will eventually decide to leave the area. In a […]
Amiee Dean and her family were fishing Wednesday at the Point on Cape Hatteras when they — and everyone else on the beach — had what’s likely a once-in-a-lifetime experience. “We were just sitting there fishing and they started jumping out of the water,” said Dean, whose 10-year-old son captured images of what appeared to […]
SAN JUAN COUNTY, Wash. – A former astronaut who was part of the Apollo 8 crew reportedly died as he piloted a plane that crashed into Puget Sound near Orcas Island on Friday. Officials with the United States Coast Guard Pacific Northwest said the crash happened near Orcas Island before 11:45 a.m. The Associated Press […]
A US Coast Guard crew captured the moment they came across a pod of orcas hunting a large bob of seals in Monterey Bay, California, on Saturday, May 18. “Our motor lifeboat crew came upon two adult and two juvenile orcas hunting a large group of seals and sea lions in the Monterey Canyon, pretty […]
The orcas are back at it once again. Over the weekend, an unknown number of orcas were responsible for sinking yet another yacht in Moroccan waters in the strait of Gibraltar. According to Spain’s maritime rescue service, per The Guardian, the incident occurred around 9 a.m. on Sunday when the 49-foot-long vessel carrying two people, Alboran Cognac, encountered the […]
A pod of orcas sunk yet another boat, according to a recent report, this time a sailing yacht within Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar. Two people riding a 49-foot vessel known as Alboran Cognac were attacked by an unknown number of the cetaceans around 9 AM local time on Sunday. It’s the latest in a series […]
An unknown number of orcas sunk a sailing yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday, according to Spain’s maritime rescue service. While orcas are typically peaceful, this is the latest in a string of attacks that have hit the region in the past four years. Reuters reports that a 49-foot-long vessel, […]
Michael Cohen could face cross-examination today in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. A Jan. 6 rioter and a Capitol Police officer are on the ballot today. And a woman is working to regain movement after she said a punk rocker’s stage dive left her seriously injured. Here’s what to know today. Michael Cohen […]
On May 6, an 18-foot gray whale calf lay lifeless on Tish-A-Tang Beach in southern Oregon, its body covered in gashes. The marks were from orca teeth — likely from an attack only hours earlier, locals surmised. The following afternoon, the tribal relations representative with Oregon Parks and Recreation realized this massive animal may hold […]
Orcas that have been terrorizing boats in southwest Europe since 2020 were recently spotted circling a vessel in Spain for the first time this year. The close encounter, which took place hundreds of miles from where the cetaceans should currently be, hints that this group is switching up its tactics — and scientists have no […]
A group of 13 orcas was stuck between sheets of ice off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. “They seemed to have difficulty breathing,” said an employee of a local wildlife organization. Local officials said another group of orcas had died when a similar incident took place in 2005. Over a dozen orcas were stranded between […]
A pod of at least 10 orcas appear to be trapped by sea ice off the coast of Japan’s northern Hokkaido island. Japanese Coast Guard officials say they were notified of the group of killer whales by local fishers Tuesday morning, public broadcaster NHK reported. Video shared online shows the animals struggling between the ice. […]