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 ...

This map shows the area around the Gulf of Cádiz and the Strait of Gibraltar where interactions with orcas are most likely to happen, based on previous years' data. / Credit: Spanish Ministry of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An unknown number of orcas have sunk a sailing yacht after ramming it in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain’s maritime rescue service said on Monday, a new attack in what has ...

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 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 ...

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 ...