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

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Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.

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Krisztina Balotay, a wildlife photographer with Orca Channel, captured photos of the amazing event The Norwegian Orca Survey noted that Balotay's photos are some of the first-ever of a killer whale ...

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New research shows southern resident killer whales grooming each other using kelp they’ve modified, and researchers think it’s the first time researchers have documented marine mammals making tools.

Many researchers thought the two-month absence was caused by the predation of a white shark by a group of orcas. Now a new study suggests there may be other reasons for their disappearance.