Iceland’s orcas often herd herring ... with the pilot whales seemed to be largely driven by nurturing or play behavior, just as had been seen in the southern resident killer whales ...

Iceland’s orcas often herd herring ... with the pilot whales seemed to be largely driven by nurturing or play behavior, just as had been seen in the southern resident killer whales ...

Off the rugged coast of Iceland, an extraordinary and ... Their Behavior A theory suggests that the killer whales might engage in playful behavior or use the pilot whale calves to practice hunting ...

As so-called "killer whales" have made news over the past few years for violent boat attacks in European waters, marine biologists have noticed a far sweeter behavior in Iceland's frigid waves ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine ...

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“Humpback whales often exhibit inquisitive, friendly behavior towards boats and human swimmers,” said co-lead author Jodi Frediani, marine wildlife photographer and U.C. Davis Affiliate.

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them.

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There's no benefit from this behavior, and the orcas were not eating the jellyfish, Strager notes. “Sometimes we also see them whack little auks … small Arctic birds, they just lie on the ...

(Read about orcas that kill great white sharks.) However, the Antarctic humpbacks didn’t engage physically. They just swam over and trumpeted. Why? It might be an example of mobbing behavior ...