“The orcas have to stop the fish from diving,” Similä said ... But the orcas never lingered long enough to carousel feed. They, the humpbacks, and the fins continued to rush past us ...

"It could be that the orcas' summer diet is distinctly different and humpbacks are ... which are parasites that feed on the skin and blood of whales and fish. A piece of rope was tangled ...

Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...

Whale sharks are the largest fish species on the planet, as long as a school bus. This whale shark was a juvenile, though still about 16 feet long, and the killer whale was hunting it. Then other ...

The ground-fish survey is funded by SGSSI and the UK’s Blue Belt Program. Steph Martin is a whale biologist at BAS and is the project manager of the Hungry Humpbacks project. She is working ...

A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye ... in Loch Fyne in Argyll on 4 November. Adult humpbacks can grow to 17m in length.