Since 2020, a small group of killer whales off the coasts of Spain and Portugal has been ramming sailboats, targeting their ...

Orcas maintain a 0 percent fatality rate against humans despite being the ocean’s most capable predators. The 14 teeth per jaw side create a specific mechanical limitation during high-speed aquatic ...

In my opinion, none of the replies thus far has actually answered the question. Note that orcas aren’t the only ones that don’t attack and eat humans. Despite the phrase “man-eating shark”, cases of ...

Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species ...

Orcas have not had the best press lately. After headlines about sailboats being damaged off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, it is easy to lose sight of how unusual these animals really are. Orcas ...

People love a tidy villain, so sharks get cast as the ocean’s hitmen, while orcas get treated like spooky geniuses with manners. Reality is less cinematic and more biological. Orcas are fully capable ...