Researchers have identified a fascinating behavior in killer whales, aka orcas: they sometimes offer to share their prey with ...

Scientists documented 34 remarkable cases of wild killer whales trying to give food to humans across four oceans over 20 ...

There have been four known fatal attacks on humans since the 1970s, but all of these have been by killer whales in captivity.

Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their ...

A traumatized female orca could be behind the increased killer-whale attacks on boats. A traumatic event may have triggered a change in White Gladis' behavior, experts told LiveScience. They ...

"In the past, killer whales have, for example, worked in [cooperation] with humans on boats to hunt other whales during the whaling era." A file photo of two orcas hunting. Orcas are very social ...

Killer whales, or orcas, are apex predators known for their intelligence and complex social structures. While wild orcas are not considered a threat to humans and have no recorded fatal attacks ...

Attacks by orcas, or killer whales, ... The highly intelligent animals are known to be generally peaceful, especially toward humans, and before 2020, ...

So why are killer whale attacks so rare? Emma Luck, a marine-mammal researcher at the University of Alaska, told me that a big part of it is just that orcas don’t encounter humans as often.

While orcas may deserve their fearsome reputation when it comes to other marine animals, they almost never attack humans in the wild, according to LiveScience. "I don’t think a killer whale ...

Scientists observed an orca whale killing a great white shark by itself and believe it may be one of the first recorded solo killer whale attacks on a great white shark.