Orcas are renowned hunters. Now, they have surprised scientists with an unexpected twist — possibly getting help from dolphins. In the waters off British Columbia, marine ecologist Sarah Fortune and ...
When dolphins swam onto the scene during a study on northern resident orcas off the coast of B.C., at least one researcher admitted to being a little annoyed. The Pacific white-sided dolphins had ...
Killer whales or orca (Orcinus orca) have been observed hunting with Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) in the waters off British Columbia, Canada, and sharing fish scraps with ...
What would you do if you were a hungry Pacific white-sided dolphin, salivating at the idea of sampling some salmon but resigned to the fact that the fish is too large to capture and swallow whole? You ...
A pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins off the coast of British Columbia have been observed cooperating with orcas, a traditional enemy that’s better known for taking out great white sharks than ...
Credit: University of British Columbia (A. Trites)/Dalhousie University (S. Fortune)/Hakai Institute (K. Holmes)/Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (X. Cheng) Nature can be brutal. But ...