Killer whales share food with humans to get to know us better By Abhimanyu Ghoshal July 02, 2025 Researchers believe orcas offer prey to humans to observe their reactions, and maybe to practice ...

Jared Towers was standing aboard a research boat off the coast of Alert Bay in British Columbia, watching a pod of killer whales feast on seabirds. Then something strange happened. A young female orca ...

Killer whales are among the ocean’s most powerful predators. They can prey on stingrays, seals, porpoises, and even massive baleen whales. They are also known for disrupting great white sharks and ...

When researcher Jared Towers set up his cameras underwater to observe a pair of killer whales, he saw something strange. She closed her mouth, paused, apparently watching for Towers’ reaction and hung ...

A 14-year-old killer whale in France has successfully imitated human speech, according to researchers who got her to squeak out convincing versions of words, including "hello," "Amy" and "bye, bye." ...

Killer whales have been spotted swimming around with dead salmon on their heads. The behavior was first spotted in 1987, ...

Like corn kernels in slowly heating oil, the orca sightings began sparse and unpredictable. But at some imperceptible moment, ...

Orcas display a variety of skills, like coordinated hunting and regional ‘dialects.’ They have also revealed several interesting habits, like grooming each other with kelp and offering food to humans.

Nature can be brutal. But animals also help each other, sometimes in ways unimaginable to the human observers. For instance, ...

The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations ...