Orcas maintain a 0 percent fatality rate against humans despite being the ocean’s most capable predators. The 14 teeth per jaw side create a specific mechanical limitation during high-speed aquatic ...

Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species is a growing concern.

Killer whales are among the ocean’s most powerful predators. They can prey on stingrays, seals, porpoises, and even massive baleen whales. They are also known for disrupting great white sharks and ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) -- An Alaska boy is reporting a close encounter with a killer whale. Twelve-year-old Ellis Miller says a large, fast-moving orca bumped into him as he was standing in about four ...

The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations called ecotypes. Each ecotype indicates an ecological specialization with its ...

People love a tidy villain, so sharks get cast as the ocean’s hitmen, while orcas get treated like spooky geniuses with manners. Reality is less cinematic and more biological. Orcas are fully capable ...