The distribution, seasonality and schooling behaviour of killer whales Orcinus orca in South
African waters have been investigated from 785 records compiled between 1963 and 2009 …

Depredation of demersal longlines by killer and sperm whales is a widespread behaviour
that impacts fisheries and whale populations. To better understand how depredating whales …

Eleven satellite tags were deployed on 9 killer whales at the Prince Edwards Islands in the
Southern Ocean. State-space switching models were used to generate position estimates …

Observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on the remains of beaked whales have
been previously documented; however, to date, there has been no published account of …

Wolves of the Sea is a commonly used moniker for mammal-hunting killer whales, but they
are more than that with unique and blended characteristics of mammalian social carnivores …

Cephalopods are an important component of many cetacean diets. Although some
odontocete species in the subfamily, which includes killer whales, primarily consume squid …

In this study, we examined a genetic variation of killer whales, Orcinus orca, from off the
coast of Hokkaido, Japan, by sequencing the D-loop and cytochrome b (Cyt-b) regions of the …

In January 2013, a group of killer whales (Orcinus orca) was discovered in an ice
entrapment in eastern Hudson Bay, Canada. The whales escaped the entrapment after …

A systematic analysis of the species composition of the prey of killer whale Orcinus orca
Linnaeus, 1758 was carried out. The results of observations of killer whales hunting for …

Abstract UNESCO World Natural Heritage sites are established to ensure the long‐term
conservation of natural areas. Nemuro Strait in northern Japan is adjacent to the Shiretoko …