Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." Scientists don't know whether orcas kill for fun. The marine mammals do some things, like killing and tossing dead porpoises in the air ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water ...

Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ashore near Portland in Victoria in ...

Andrew Fox, Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions.For the first time, DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a ...