Orcas in Alaska are stealing fish right from the lines — and the new behavior seems to be killing them

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The fin and head of a killer whale surface on the foreground between two fishing boats with forested mountains behind them.
An orca breaches the water between two boats in Alaska.

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A billionaire wants to use a cargo plane to fly an orca to freedom after 53 years in captivity. Here's how it could work.

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A killer whale sticks its head out of the water as tourists lean over the side of a large tank of water with glass edges to take photos.
Tokitae on her 40th birthday in her Miami Seaquarium enclosure.

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Rare video shows an orca ripping open a 30-foot-long whale shark before feasting on its liver

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An annotated image shows an orca pulling out the liver from a whale shark.
An annotated still from the video. Divers have captured rare footage of a killer whale ripping out the liver from a shark.

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Orca moms fiercely protect their sons from bullying and fights — but not their daughters, study suggests

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Two adult killer whales breach the water. One is rubbing against the other.
Two Southern Resident killer whales.

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Dolphin Rams and Bites Japanese Beachgoers, Opening New Front in Ocean Rebellion

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Like the orcas before them, the bottlenose dolphins have had enough. This past weekend, local reports from Japan noted several incidents of dolphins attacking and injuring swimmers, even in shallow waters.

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Photos show a female orca swimming with adopted baby pilot whale in unique case, scientists say

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The orca female and pilot whale calf.
The orca female and pilot whale calf.

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  • A female orca appeared to adopt a baby pilot whale in the first known case of its kind.
  • Scientists observed the orca caring for the calf in western Iceland in 2021, a new study says.
  • The study noted that the orca had never had a calf of her own.

     

Whales use a sound similar to Kim Kardashian's 'vocal fry' to hunt deep sea prey, say scientists

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A photomontage shows Kim Kardashian wearing sunglasses and holding up a phone at a football game, next to a picture of an orca with their mouth open.
A montage shows pictures of Kim Kardashian and an orca. Scientists have found that toothed whales can produce a vocal fry, just like Kardashian.

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Orca whales were discovered with a toilet paper chemical in their livers and skeletal muscles. It's just the 'tip of the iceberg' for one of the most contaminated marine mammals in the world.

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The head of an orca is shown protruding from the center of a toilet paper roll, where it appears stuck.

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