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 terrifying encounter unfolded off the coast of Cascais, Portugal, last week when a pod of killer whales rammed two sailboats, sinking one and crippling another. Nine people were dramatically rescued ...

Orcas have not had the best press lately. After headlines about sailboats being damaged off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, it is easy to lose sight of how unusual these animals really are. Orcas ...