In the footage, marine biologist Dr Kathryn Ayres, a scientist at Beneath The Waves, in the Gulf of California, watches as a female orca holds onto the tail fin of a recently killed sunfish. The ...

But off the coast of Baja California, a group of orcas has adopted a brutal way of hunting sunfish: With an unusual maneuver, the orcas pulverize the giants. Erick Higuera, a marine biologist at ...

Marine biologists in Mexico captured video of a brutal way orcas hunt sunfish: With an unusual maneuver, the killer whales pulverize the giants. Advertisement Advertisement 2:11 Advertisement new ...

It’s been speculated they might do this for fun,” said Carlos Duarte, the co-author of a study documenting the unique ...

A group of orcas was filmed off the Mexican coast post hunt, engaging with the carcass of their prey, a sharp-tail sunfish, doing what scientists call “ram-to-fragment” behavior.

Researchers for the first time have documented orcas cooperating to smash their prey. Both instances were captured on video.

Orcas are called killer whales for a reason. These apex predators are fearsome hunters who employ diverse strategies and work ...

The ramming behavior might help younger orcas more easily digest their food, while also allowing other orcas to have a little ...

Scientists captured video of orcas ramming into sunfish with such force that the fish exploded. The behavior may be for fun ...

In two encounters in the Gulf of California, one orca held a dead sunfish in place while another rammed it at high speed, breaking the carcass into what appear to be bite-sized pieces for younger ...

In two incidents documented in Mexico’s Gulf of California, orcas worked together to blast sunfish into smithereens after ...

Researchers in the Gulf of California have documented a dramatic orca behavior never described before. In two separate ...