Two groups of killer whales are engaging in a terrifying, bloody cannibalistic war beneath the ocean’s surface, where gangs ...

Orcas don’t have any natural predators, so how did this happen? The tooth marks, it turned out, were distinctive – they were ...

In the North Pacific, orca fins with signs of cannibalism are washing up on a Russian beach. The findings suggest that killer whales occasionally participate in cannibalism, which might explain why ...

In August 2022, a large, bloody fin covered in orca tooth marks washed up on a beach on Bering Island in eastern Russia. The same thing happened again a little more than a mile away in July 2024.

Learn about the fatal encounters between two groups of killer whales, bringing the idea of whale cannibalism into question.

Two severed fins bearing the tooth marks of other killer whales have raised a troubling question: are some orcas hunting ...

ALASKA -- An orca that became stranded on a rocky beach in Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, Thursday morning was freed with the help of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and ...

Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are incredibly intelligent creatures, capable of complex hunting strategies. They also engage ...

The waters near the Strait of Gibraltar, where the incident occurred, has seen an increase in orca attacks on boats since 2020 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...