Killer

STOCK/ Serge MELESAN / 500px / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A pod of killer whales attacked and sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco, officials confirmed to ABC News. Two people were on board the vessel when the incident occurred Sunday at 9 a.m. local time, according to Spain’s […]

File photo. (Vladimir Seliverstov / 500px/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A pod of orcas that appeared to be trapped by drift sea ice off Japan’s main northern island of Hokkaido has seemingly escaped the icy enclosure, according to a local official. Officials from the town of Rausu conducted a land-based search for the whales for […]

File photo. (Vladimir Seliverstov / 500px/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A pod of 10 orcas appears to be trapped by drift sea ice in Japan’s main northern island of Hokkaido, according to a report from Japanese public broadcaster NHK on Tuesday. The fate of the killer whales remains uncertain as local officials from the island’s […]

George D. Lepp/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Orcas may be teaching each other to attack boats following a spate of strikes on sailboats off the coast of Europe, some observers say. Sailors have reported a series of “coordinated” attacks by a group of orcas, including a May 22 strike on a 26-foot vessel sailing off […]