Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus)—the world's biggest fish—are one of the most charismatic marine species. They connect with the ...

Researchers believe that the ocean giants doze underwater for 10 to 15 minutes at a time with their heads facing upward.

Orcas in the Gulf of California have been filmed teaming up to smash dead sunfish to pieces. In a new study, researchers ...

Each year, southern right whales migrate thousands of miles from their feeding grounds to breed, give birth and raise their ...

Marine biologists off of Baja California recorded one orca teeing up another to smash a sunfish into pieces. Scientists say ...

We're very lucky that orcas don't see us as a meal, given that they can hit a 4,000 pound sunfish hard enough to make it literally explode.

So, at the ocean surface, sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus) are positively buoyant. Yet, somehow, they rest in a ...

An adult orca cruises near the surface of the clear, blue water, holding a large sunfish carcass in its mouth. Author Vanessa Pirotta Whale ...

Scientists have documented a never-before-seen hunting behaviour in the Gulf of California, where orcas were filmed holding a ...

Killer whales have been caught on camera ramming one of the world's heaviest fish so hard it exploded.

Sharp-tail sunfish, which can grow three meters long and weigh up to 2,000kg, are frequently targeted by hungry orcas. A ...