Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators.

How big they are: Up to 32 feet (9.8 meters) long How long they live: Up to 100 years, but usually around 25 to 50 years What they eat: Fish, seals, seabirds, squid, sharks, and even whales Orcas make ...

A video went viral on social media purportedly showing a marine trainer named Jessica Radcliffe allegedly being attacked and killed by an orca, also known as human killers. The video sparked massive ...

There was a lot of concern this last week over a pod of at least 10 orcas that were seen trapped by sea ice and struggling to breathe off the coast of northern Japan. Video footage had shown the ...

Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico have been spotted hunting young great white sharks by flipping them over to incapacitate them before eating their energy-filled liver, new ...

Photographer Brian Skerry swims with killer whales and discovers these apex predators have unique cultures that aren’t that different from our own. An Orca calf swims with two adults through fish ...