As melting ice keeps more seals on land, these killer whales must hunt what they can find. The orcas, having identified their target, form a battle line and start charging toward the floe.

Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, ... socializing and whistles typically can be used where the family group are establishing and renewing their bonds between one another.

A shift of power is taking place at the top of the world. The polar bear, once king of the North, needs ice to stalk its prey. Killer whales, or orca, on the other hand, are unable to hunt in an ...

A new BBC documentary shows a pod of killer whales hunting a seal using a sophisticated technique. They used "wave crashing," creating a wave to break up an ice platform and trap the seal on it ...

At least 10 — and possibly 13 — killer whales were spotted trapped in drift ice off the coast on Japan on Tuesday. The ice is too thick for the coast guard to rescue them, so they have to wait ...