A group visiting a beach in New Zealand had an experience they won't forget after spotting an orca swimming nearby. Not long after spotting it, the whale starts to swim right towards them, prompting them all to turn around and sprint for the shore. It's more than likely the orca was just ...
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At face value, swimming with wild killer whales doesn't sound like the safest thing in the world. That wasn't going to stop Johnny Wild, though. During a close encounter with an orca in the Norwegian Sea, Wild came face to face with an orca that was attempting to eat a herring. It appears ...
READ MORE +A stingray filmed in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, was having as bad of a day as possible when National Geographic caught up with it while an Orca pod was toying with it. Diver and filmmaker Jorge Cervera Hauser managed to catch the incredible moment an orca swiped a lone stingray with its tale so ...
READ MORE +Things weren't going so well for this crabeater seal dubbed "Kevin" when he was discovered by people aboard the Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Explorer. While trying to relax and spend some time out of the water, a pod of orcas discover his hiding place and start to bombard him with ...
READ MORE +Tiger sharks might be known as one of the most dangerous species of shark, but that doesn't mean they're always at the top of the food chain. A pod of killer whales demonstrates where they get their name from when they go after a lone tiger shark. This footage is actually believed to be the ...
READ MORE +GoPro decided to take the Subwing for a spin and go swimming alongside some orcas. With the device giving the diver complete control of their movements while being pulled behind a boat, it's the closest to being a real-life Aquaman any of us will ever get.
READ MORE +Even though 99 percent of people who hop on a jet ski immediately turn into a jackwagon, there's no denying they're the most fun you can have on the water without fishing. At least, that used to be the case, until Seabreacher came along. Seabreacher is a semi-submersible speedboat that will take ...
READ MORE +It seems like it'd be nearly impossible for an orca to manage to eat a bird. One lives in the water while the other mostly sticks to the sky. An orca named Kalia not only manages to eat a bird while in a tank, she manages to almost coax the bird into coming right up to her before she attacks. ...
READ MORE +Orcas are both incredibly intelligent and playful animals that love to interact with things they rarely see or haven't encountered before. This particular orca encounter sees the killer whale coming up on a paddle boarder and checking out what's going on. Luckily for the guy, it looks like the orca ...
READ MORE +This crew caught some seriously epic footage while off filming a documentary about orcas in Norway. Filmmaker David Gonzalez Buendia captured this footage over the course of a week after reaching the Tromsø region, where orcas and humpback whales can be found feasting on herring from November to ...
READ MORE +This footage taken on a Monterey Bay Whale Watch trip was more than anyone bargained for. The California group happened upon a killer whale feeding as they were tearing into a shark. "Offshore Killer Whales today! We encountered these infrequently sighted Killer Whales on the 9am trip aboard the ...
READ MORE +Timothy Stewart has faced backlash and amazement from commenters after posting a video online of him kayaking and swimming with an orca in a moment he dubbed the "orca waltz." As he approaches the orca on his kayak, he decides to jump out in a move that wasn't a good idea for a number of ...
READ MORE +Despite their mostly friendly reputation at SeaWorld, orcas didn't get the nickname of 'killer whale' by accident. When it comes to them and eating, nothing will stop them from getting what they want. A pod of orcas work together with military precision to bring down a baby gray whale after ...
READ MORE +After discovering four orcas are trapped in ice in the Sea of Okhotsk, this group sent by the Ministry of Emergency Situations responded to the dire situation and saved the lives of the stranded whales. After an extensive eight hour rescue mission, the whales were finally set free - the smaller ...
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