Gulf of California orcas use precision strikes to explode sunfish into thousands of pieces

Orcas in the Gulf of California were recorded using a coordinated “ram-to-fragment” technique on dead sharp-tail sunfish. One ...

One orca held a sunfish by the tail. Another smashed it to smithereens.

She watched as an orca held a sunfish by the tail while another orca swam toward the enormous fish and pummeled into it so ...

Orca's Powerful Strike Shatters Sunfish in Rarely Captured Hunting Moment

Scientists have documented a previously unrecorded orca hunting technique, dubbed "ram-to-fragment," in which killer whales ...

Key sunfish population in region is declining

A sunfish species described only a dozen years ago is under state protection, with a local population puzzling researchers with decreasing numbers. The New York State Department of ...