Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico have been spotted hunting young great white sharks by flipping them over to incapacitate them before eating their energy-filled liver, new research videos show. The research, released on Sunday, suggests that this pod of orcas specializes in hunting sharks.

Seven minutes into the video, the whales attacked a second juvenile white shark. This one was worked over repeatedly until its liver began protruding from the right side of its body, partially exposed. At eleven minutes, the shark sank motionless. Pink tissue floated at the surface.

Researchers and tourists on board two vessels captured a rare event of a single killer whale, also known as an orca whale, attacking a juvenile white shark and killing it in under 2 minutes. The video footage highlighted the predatory proficiency of the ...

A shark-hunting pod of orcas was seen flipping their rival apex predators upside-down to paralyze them before feasting.

An endangered southern resident orca calf, first discovered on New Year’s Eve, has been spotted again, and the Center for Whale Research is thrilled at the calf’s appearance. “She’s still there. She looks normal. She’s behaving normally ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — A young female J pod orca calf recently spotted by the Center for Whale Research (CWR) in Puget Sound has now been confirmed by the organization to be the offspring of Tahlequah, the whale who carried her dead calf for at least 17 days ...

Looking for a place to experience majestic, enormous orca whales in Washington? The Salish Sea is an intricate network of coastal waterways in the Pacific Northwest, encompassing the Olympic Peninsula of Washington and Vancouver Island in British Columbia ...

A new member of the endangered Southern Resident killer whale (orca) population has been spotted around Puget Sound, and a second may be on the way, researchers said. “It’s great! It’s always fun to have a new one,” said Dave Ellifrit, the orca ...

An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf for more than two weeks was again spotted carrying the body of her newborn, just days after researchers confirmed she'd given birth. J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as ...