Wild orcas occasionally approach humans and offer us food, according to a new study — but scientists aren't sure why. Researchers have documented dozens of cases of orcas (Orcinus orca), also known as ...

While domesticated animals like cats and dogs have been observed sharing food with humans, this is the first time a ...

Jared Towers was watching a pod of orcas in Alert Bay, Canada, in 2015 when something unusual happened. Two of the killer whales—a pair of siblings named Akela and Quiver—approached Towers with dead ...

When researcher Jared Towers set up his cameras underwater to observe a pair of killer whales, he saw something strange. One of the orcas, a juvenile female, “approached a camera I had in the water to ...

In a newly published study, researchers documented more than two dozen cases of orcas giving prey to humans. What’s behind this curious behavior? Photo from the Orca Research Trust In the fall of 2018 ...