Orca

"My first reaction was 'Please! Not again,'" the ship's captain said.

A single traumatized female orca could be the originator of recent boat attacks, leading the others to copy her behavior.

"As a mom myself, watching this mother whale want nothing more than to protect her baby broke my heart," filmmaker Jaklyn Larsen said.

The orca lacks the distinctive black markings that are characteristic of killer whales.

The deaths come just two months after an orca named Kiska died at the same facility.

There have been four orca attacks off the coast of Spain and Gibraltar in the last week.

"I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing," Justin Crapps told Newsweek. "You could literally see him glowing under the water."

The orca, known as Frosty, was spotted in southern California for the first time in three years.

The whale was found covered in teeth marks and very close to a location where an orca pod had been seen hunting three gray whales only days before.

"I spent several days and many hours with tough weather conditions wanting to witness this," photographer Vanessa Prigollini told Newsweek.

Miami Seaquarium is due to hold a press conference on March 30 to discuss plans for Lolita the orca.

The killer whale, known as Kiska, had been in captivity for more than 40 years after being captured near Iceland as a youngster.

Kiska died on March 9, after spending four decades alone at Marineland.

The two killer whales that went on an unprecedented shark-killing spree in February appeared to have a penchant for shark foie gras. But why?

The female beaked whale was flung up in the air as four pods of orcas surrounded it on all sides , preventing it from getting away.

The two orcas known as Port and Starboard are notorious for attacking and eating sharks off the South African coast.

The orca has never had a calf of her own, meaning she may be looking after the whale as a substitute.

Nobody really knows why the orca seemingly turned killer on three occasions but one theory is that it was a direct result of the stress he endured while living in captivity.

Footage from the day before her death shows the 16-foot whale approaching divers, which could have been a call for help.

The young orca was returned to the sea after stranding but rescuers fear she will not survive without her mother

The French sailboat has been the latest to sink amid a spate of orca attacks occurring off the coast of Portugal and Spain.

"We do not know why these accidents and attacks are happening," expert David Lusseau told Newsweek.

The 17-second clip shows potentially hundreds of killer whales surrounding the fishing boat, looking for an easy meal.

"This specific orca was extremely curious and came back to us several times. She was always very careful and very calm," Evans Baudin told Newsweek.

A USDA report alleged the aquarium underfed dolphins so they would perform better in shows.

The orca washed up in the Netherlands with inflamed organs, teeth that were falling out, and a near-empty intestine.

The observation confirms the transboundary movement of the shark at a time when orcas continue to feast on the species in South Africa.

"We have got an orca," sailor Norma Russell said as she spotted the whale swimming alongside the vessel. Soon the orca began ramming the boat.

Rescuers managed to direct the lost orca back to sea, but it washed ashore not long afterward, sick and in poor condition. It died shortly afterward.

Alfredo López, an orca expert at the Atlantic Orca Working Group, told Newsweek that all attacks have occurred in a particular area.