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Opportunistic orcas have developed a new feeding behavior that appears to be killing them
More orcas have died entangled in fishing gear in Alaska this year than in previous years, which may be linked to a "new behavior" where they feed in front of ascending fishing nets.
Lolita, the 2nd-oldest orca in captivity, who was set to be released to the wild, has died
Lolita, also known as Tokitae, died before she could be returned to her native waters in the Pacific Northwest.
Watch orca tear open whale shark and feast on its liver in extremely rare footage
The orca "slurped in the liver and then the whale shark just fell and descended down, with no movement," James Moskito of Ocean Safaris told Live Science.
Dolphins terrorize and bite beachgoers in Japan — for the 2nd year in a row
Four separate incidents on a beach in Fukui prefecture on July 16 echo a string of attacks in the same region last year that may have been perpetrated by a single Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin.
'An enormous mass of flesh armed with teeth': How orcas gained their 'killer' reputation
From Pliny the Elder to the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, historians and naturalists have found many ways to describe these fascinating apex predators.
White Gladis the orca may have been pregnant when she started attacking boats
White Gladis was so hellbent on stopping boats in the Strait of Gibraltar that she engaged in attacks instead of protecting her newborn calf.
Orca rams boat off Scottish coast, 2,000 miles away from original attacks
The behavior may be "leapfrogging" between orca populations, and it could be in response to human activities such as fishing.
Mystery orcas with bulbous heads wash up dead in unexplained mass stranding
The nine Type D orcas were found on a beach in Chile, with a necropsy of one female showing it was a healthy adult, with no signs of human involvement in its death.
