Orca news, features and articles
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Orcas 'attacking' boats are actually just bored teenagers having fun, experts sayOrcas off the coast of Iberia are spending less time hunting and more time exploring new games thanks to the recent recovery of their favorite prey, Atlantic bluefin tuna.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Orcas have attacked and sunk another boat in Europe — and experts warn there could be more attacks soonA group of orcas known to attack boats in southwest Europe have sunk a 50-foot sailing yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar after ripping open its hull. It is the fifth time these killer whales have sent a ship to the seafloor in the last three years.
By Harry Baker Published
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Infamous boat-sinking orcas spotted hundreds of miles from where they should be, baffling scientistsOrcas that attack and sink boats in southwestern Europe have been spotted circling a vessel in Spain, hundreds of miles from where they should currently be. And scientists can't explain why.
By Harry Baker Published
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Orca calf refuses to leave a lagoon where its mother stranded and died off Vancouver IslandRescuers have been trying to coax a 2-year-old orca from a lagoon off Vancouver Island and back to the ocean for five days, but they only have a 30-minute window every day when waters are high.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Brutal footage shows orca mom and son team up to drown another pod's calfFirst of its kind footage captures the moment an orca mom and her son drown a calf in an extremely rare case of infanticide.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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Dying orca's final moments after 'desperate' effort to stay afloat captured in 1st of its kind footageAn orca's final moments may have been captured on film for the first time, after repeated attempts by two young orcas to keep the old, dying male at the surface so he could breathe.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Orcas sink another boat in Europe after a nearly hour-long attackFor the fourth time in two years, a group of unusually brazen orcas in southwestern Europe have sunk a sailing boat after relentlessly attacking it for almost an hour on Halloween.
By Harry Baker Published
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Orcas are learning terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter?Feature From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are displaying some fascinating — and sometimes terrifying — behaviors.
By Sascha Pare Published
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11 ways orcas show their terrifying intelligenceOrcas have their own dialect, greeting ceremonies and even wore salmon as hats in a weird fad during the 1980s.
By Patrick Pester Published
