Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the ...

Baby Bump As so-called "killer whales" have made news over the past few years for violent boat attacks in European waters, ...

An unusual encounter with a group of orcas near Iceland led researchers to discover a new and complex behaviour - they had ...

One of those researchers, Chérine Baumgartner, said she and her colleagues at the Icelandic Orca Project initially couldn't believe their eyes. "At first, we were like, 'Oh my god, this killer ...

An unusual encounter with a group of orcas near Iceland led researchers to discover a new and complex behaviour - they had taken in baby pilot whales, and not necessarily to eat them. Scientists ...

But the researchers, led by Cherine Baumgartner, stressed they had not seen the beginning or end of the interactions, and more close observation would be needed to unpick what exactly was ...

Off the rugged coast of Iceland, an extraordinary and puzzling phenomenon has captured the attention of marine scientists.