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Orcas have been causing problems for years in the Strait of Gibraltar and around the Iberian coast, but these attacks have intensified and spread in recent months. The map below, using data from ...
A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar ... water of the modern-day Amazon river. At least, that's the thesis ...
A sailing yacht sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday after an unknown number of orcas slammed into the vessel with two people on board and caused a water leak, officials said. Both crew ...
At its peak, the flood discharged about 1,000 times the water of the modern-day Amazon river. At least, that’s the thesis one of us put forward in a 2009 study of an underwater canyon excavated along ...
The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. A pod of killer whales attacked and sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco, officials ...
A pod of orcas sunk yet another boat, according to a recent report, this time a sailing yacht within Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar. Two people riding a 49-foot vessel known as Alboran ...
Orcas attacked and sank a boat in the Strait of Gibraltar, prompting Spanish officials to issue a warning to sailors in case they ever encounter one of the giant sea mammals. On Sunday ...
A pod of orcas had zeroed in on the yacht's rudder as it made its way through the Strait of Gibraltar last week, and rammed it repeatedly, "causing major damage and leakage," according to the ...
A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar ... water of the modern-day Amazon river. At least, that’s the thesis ...
The orcas have done it again. On Oct. 31, a pod of killer whales swarmed a Polish yacht sailing in the Strait of Gibraltar. For 45 minutes, the orcas hit the vessel’s rudder and damaged the boat ...