While an orca versus whale shark matchup may seem like an epic battle, the orcas make easy work of the gentle giants. “The whale shark has the smallest brain compared to body mass. The brain is ...

Kelsey Williamson The study's scientists observed four separate hunting encounters in which the orca pod encountered and attacked a whale shark. Kelsey Williamson provided photos from the ...

To identify the individual orcas involved in the whale shark hunt, the team of researchers “captured and analyzed photographs of the dorsal fin and other distinctive features such as scars and ...

In the attacks, caught on video between 2018 and 2024, the orcas killed young whale sharks that gathered in the Gulf of California to feed.

He said: 'We were so happy and the tourists were taking pictures and videos of it.' The whale shark is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species.

Large numbers of endangered whale sharks have been sighted in waters off Madagascar. The first major scientific survey in the area shows there are far more of the huge fish than previously thought.

A solitary killer whale, or orca, has been filmed hunting and killing a great white shark in an "astonishing" attack. Scientists said it was "unprecedented" and showed the exceptional predatory ...

And some of the attacks have been caught on video and in photos by witnesses ... all pod members work together, hitting the whale shark to turn it upside down. ‘In that position, the sharks ...