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 ...

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.

In the village of Tan-awan, on the southern Philippines island of Cebu, whale shark sightings along the shore have become a prime tourist attraction. It was not always this way. Giant whale sharks ...

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 ...

However, the behavior wasn’t well understood or scientifically recorded until recently, when between 2018 and 2024, a team of researchers recorded videos and photos of the same pod of orcas ...