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The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus and is recognizable by its black-and-white patterned body. A cosmopolitan species, it is found in diverse marine environments, from Arctic to Antarctic regions to tropical seas.
Killer whales are apex predators, meaning that they themselves have no natural predators. They are sometimes called the wolves of the sea, because they hunt in groups like wolf packs. Killer whales hunt varied prey including fish, cephalopods, mammals, sea birds and sea turtles.
Type C or Ross Sea orcas are the smallest ecotype [4] and live in larger groups than the others. Its eye patch is distinctively slanted forwards, rather than parallel to the body axis. Its eye patch is distinctively slanted forwards, rather than parallel to the body axis.
In one of many variant versions of the myth, the sound of the whale dropping into the sea is the source of thunder. A young boy of a Vancouver Island people, the Comox, was fascinated by the sound of thunder, and heard it from behind a point of land. He crossed that point, following the sound of thunder, and discovered the spectacle of the ...
The great skua is an aerial apex predator, both preying on other seabirds and bullying them for their catches. [8]Apex predators affect prey species' population dynamics and populations of other predators, both in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
The closure of a marine zoo in the south of France has sparked intense debate over the future of its inhabitants, including two beloved orcas. Marineland Antibes, near Cannes, closed for good on ...
Scientists saw a male orca kill a juvenile great white shark within minutes last year. The hunting behavior could be a sign of a wider shift in the marine ecosystem.
These orcas have a killer fashion sense. Always head of the curve, blackfish off the West Coast are bringing back a fad that hasn’t been seen in the last four decades: salmon hats. The ocean’s ...