Orcas
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![Drone footage shows a pod of killer whales attacking and killing a great white shark in South Africa.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2SFFGjNqX3Negr7NtzmgNN-320-80.jpg)
Grisly new footage shows orcas attacking a great white shark and eating its liver
By Brandon Specktor last updated
Newly released video shows a gang of killer whales in South Africa attack and slaughter a great white shark.
![orca killer whale looking out of the water at sunset, off Kaldfjorden in Norway.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Gtusk64eYEGLecLB2hHdUE-320-80.jpg)
Orcas: Facts about killer whales
By Alina Bradford, Patrick Pester last updated
reference Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the dolphin family.
![Whale watchers recently witnessed a lengthy battle between a group of transient killer whales and a pair of humpback whales in the Salish Sea.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fDmLuHn4dTMEqidMAvmfZJ-320-80.jpg)
Orcas and humpbacks clash in a violent melee of breaching and biting
By Harry Baker last updated
Whale watchers in British Columbia recently witnessed an intense showdown between a group of 15 transient killer whales and a pair of female humpback whales in the Salish Sea.
![A picture of an orca looking out of the water at sunset, off Kaldfjorden in Norway](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Gtusk64eYEGLecLB2hHdUE-320-80.jpg)
Orcas are attacking boats near Europe. It might be a fad.
By Stephanie Pappas last updated
Orcas are snapping the rudders off boats near Europe, and it may be a cetacean fad.
![A female orca bites chomps on the tongue of a blue whale.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c2fFD278T9WZhEjznBPugZ-320-80.jpg)
Killer whales spotted for the first time killing blue whales
By Laura Geggel published
Killer whales can hunt and kill blue whales, according to three documented episodes in Australia.
![L47 with her youngest son, L115, in 2011.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bocHZMJgZAmVseUPkMGUEo-320-80.jpg)
'Grandma' killer whale missing from pod, feared dead
By Mindy Weisberger published
One of the Southern Resident orcas, a 47-year-old female known as L47, hasn't been seen by census takers since February.
![A picture of an orca looking out of the water at sunset, off Kaldfjorden in Norway](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Gtusk64eYEGLecLB2hHdUE-320-80.jpg)
5 gruesome killer whale attacks
By Stephanie Pappas published
Killer whales hunt in packs, play with their food and sometimes commit murder.
![The pair of white orcas swim side by side off the coast of Rausu in Hokkaido, Japan on July 24.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ztqotkx4F6UntDfmDNANaU-320-80.jpg)
In rare wildlife encounter, whale watchers spot two white killer whales off Japan
By Harry Baker published
Whale watchers in Japan recently saw a pair of white orcas swimming side by side in a pod off the coast of Hokkaido.
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