Moments later, at approximately 09:30, while it was still alive, an adult female killer whale put its head inside the blue whale’s mouth and began feeding on its tongue.” An orca pod, led by ...

As one large group, the orcas drove the blue whale from the roughly 3,280-foot-deep (1,000 m) Bremer Canyon system toward the shallower continental shelf, which is only about 262 feet (80 m) deep.

A study from Australia is the first to scientifically document blue whales' killings by orcas. Orcas were observed devouring the nutrient-rich tongues of the giant blue whales. "This is the biggest ...

To see a whale is to see nature in its full glory, “they are the biggest animals on planet Earth, a blue whale. They weigh 30 elephants. Their tongue alone is the size of an elephant, and their ...

Spectators were shocked as dozens of orcas hunted a blue whale off the WA coast. (Supplied: Naturaliste Charters)"The process was cyclical. Multiple orcas were on the animal, jostling with it and ...