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 ...

Orcas are among the ocean’s top predators, yet there is only one well-documented attack on a human in the wild: in 1972, a surfer was bitten – probably because he was mistaken for a seal – but ...

A group of more than 80 marine scientists has challenged the popular narrative that killer whale “attacks” on boats are spreading across the world’s oceans, arguing instead that the behavior is ...

A pattern of aggression has emerged in the waters off the Iberian Peninsula, where groups of orcas have repeatedly collided with small and medium sized boats. What began as isolated reports has ...

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 ...