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How orcas create giant waves to hunt seals on ice floes
A seal resting on an Antarctic ice floe may look safe, at least for a moment. It is out of the water, beyond the reach of ...
A new study has detailed how Antarctic orcas generate 'depression waves' to knock seals from ice floes, using precise ...
A pod of northern resident killer whales travels together. The same population of orcas was recently seen hunting with Pacific white-sided dolphins. Scientists think the partnership is the first ...
Killer Whales off the coast of Baja California Sur in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Kirk Hewlett, Getty Images A pod of killer whales chased a young great white shark, immobilized it and then bit its ...
Orcas are renowned hunters. Now, they have surprised scientists with an unexpected twist — possibly getting help from dolphins. In the waters off British Columbia, marine ecologist Sarah Fortune and ...
A pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins off the coast of British Columbia have been observed cooperating with orcas, a traditional enemy that’s better known for taking out great white sharks than ...
(CNN) — Scientists working in Mexico have recorded multiple incidents in which a group of orcas hunt young great white sharks and eat their energy-rich livers. In one incident, recorded in August 2020 ...
The killer whales ripped the liver out of a shark and passed it around—only the second time orcas have been seen engaging in this behavior. Killer Whales off the coast of Baja California Sur in the ...
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