In Patagonia, killer whales snatch seal lion pups from the shore. But as Steve Backshall recalls, these apex predators don’t ...

From the smallest and fiercest hunters to mighty beasts of land and sea, here are seven predators that routinely take on ...

A YouTube video from BioArk delves into the hunting and killing methods of orcas, specifically their approach to targeting moose. It may sound impossible when you think of a sea mammal hunting a land ...

For years, great white sharks were the undisputed apex predators along parts of South Africa’s coast, gathering in dense numbers around seal colonies and drawing tourists from around the world. Then, ...

Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy ...

Biologists discovered killer whales and dolphins working together to hunt salmon, a behavior never before documented in this population.

A study comparing the nutritional demands of killer whales with the caloric content of their prey has startling implications for the potential impact of these large predators on populations of other ...

Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review spanning two decades has revealed a little-known, yet intriguing behavior.

Killer whales are among the oceans’ top predators. But in Iceland, pilot whales have them running scared. Filipa Samarra This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and ...

Sarah Fortune, an assistant professor in oceanography at Halifax’s Dalhousie University, said it would appear the massive ...

Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced Monday, in what they said is the first evidence of marine mammals making their ...