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Watch a pod of orcas pretending to drown one of their own in macabre training session
Footage from the BBC's new nature series "Parenthood" shows orcas practicing an important blue whale-hunting technique on each other.
Ancient whale 'graveyard' discovered under melting Russian glacier
An Arctic expedition found a collection of ancient whale remains where a rapidly retreating glacier once lay.
Wild orcas offer humans food. Could they be trying to make friends — or manipulate us?
Researchers have documented orcas dropping prey and other marine life in front of humans, as if offering us food. The orcas' motives are uncertain, but the sharing behavior could be an attempt at a cross-species relationship or manipulation.
Dwarf sperm whale: The 'pint-size whales' that gush gallons of intestinal fluid when surprised
The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack.
Still frame from video footage recorded in the Kvænangen fjords, Norway, in 2024, showing the tongue-nibbling interaction between two free-ranging killer whales.
Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think this rarely seen behavior could play a role in social bonding.
Salmon-hat wearing orcas also give each other massages with kelp, scientists discover
Orcas have been spotted giving each other rubdowns with kelp tools, rubbing pieces of the seaweed between their bodies.
Living lunch box? Iceland orcas are unexpectedly swimming with baby pilot whales, but it's unclear why.
Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them.
'Incredible and rare' sight as endangered whale attacked by 60 orcas in brutal hunt
A massive gang of over 60 orcas was seen brutalizing an endangered pygmy blue whale off the coast of Western Australia by a whalewatching tour.
