For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of orcas cooperatively hunting whale sharks, the largest species ...
Killer whales can feed on marine mammals, turtles, and fish. In the Gulf of California, a pod might have picked up new skills ...
The method of hunting may imply that some orcas in the Gulf of California have acquired a special set of skills–like going ...
Orcas’ physiology should hamper their ability to catch whale sharks. “They have lungs,” says Pancaldi. The whale shark, with gills, can do infinite lurks and dive 2,000 meters deep, while its mammal ...
Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and ...
Orcas off the coast of Mexico have devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks, and marine scientists have ...
Off the coast of Mexico, scientists have observed a pod of killer whales adapting new skills to help them hunt these docile ...
The right whales migrate, and usually arrive in Cape Cod Bay off Massachusetts early in the winter and stay until around the ...
Whale sharks, which grow up to 18m long, are known to feed in the gulf, and there is anecdotal evidence that they are hunted ...
Gray whales that spend their summers feeding off the coast of Oregon are shorter than their counterparts who travel north to the Arctic for food, new research from Oregon State ...
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) said scientists from its Right Whale Ecology Program observed two of the critically ...
Blue whales are primarily solitary animals. They sometimes gather to feed in groups, when they are breeding, or when mothers are with young. Blue whales are known for their use of a variety of sounds ...