While impressive, the scene was reminiscent of a more astonishing event documented nine years ago, involving an orca that used its flukes to fling a harbor seal at least 70 feet skyward.

This was the first time researchers found this pod successfully hunting dolphins, and it could help orca conservation efforts ...

The accompanying footage, captured by Evan Brodsky of Monterey Bay Whale Watch, shows the orca using its flukes to launch a common murre nearly 20 feet skyward. “Killer Whales vs. Common Murres ...

That's right, sperm whales could be pooing in order to prevent attacks from killer whales. This development ... group of ...

An orca has caused a stir appearing off a well ... be identified by a notch on his dorsal fin and a missing chunk on his fluke, or tail fin. He was photographed off Chanonry Point, near Fortrose ...

Drone captures footage of a humpback whale missing its tail fluke — an injury suspected to be from long-term entanglement in fishing gear. New research using artificial intelligence reveals that ...

He found two Fluke 175 meters being sold on eBay, with one having a mere beeper issue, and another having a “strange error”. Now, theoretically, swapping beepers around would give you one ...

The crashing waves, the darkening sky and the red light from the setting Sun provide a dramatic background to the black-and-white beauty of the orca. The raised tail flukes and vapour ejected from the ...

On the tail, “the coloration and patterns that ... pollution and underwater noise. Killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern Japan escape Today there are about 84,000 adult specimens ...

which means the calf was swimming right behind the pectoral fin of the orca," she said. "The echelon position allows a calf to make fewer tail fluke movements than when swimming on its own and ...