From 1946 to 1970, the U.S. government dropped thousands of cement-encased barrels of low-level radioactive waste into the ...

Underwater video captures the moment killer whales in the Gulf of California slam into a sunfish, causing it to explode.

How hard do you have to ram a fish to make it explode? Ask an orca. Barreling into large, heavy fish with enough force to blast them into instant chum is a previously unknown collaborative feeding ...

While one orca holds the tail of a sunfish, another orca rams into it, smashing it to bits. Researchers say the orcas might ...

In two encounters in the Gulf of California, one orca held a dead sunfish in place while another rammed it at high speed, breaking the carcass into what appear to be bite-sized pieces for younger ...

The behavior could be a strategy to help younger orcas feed, or it may just be for their own amusement, researchers say ...

Shark Week 2026 returns with 20 new episodes. Here is how to watch the Discovery Channel event and the full schedule.

The Gulf of Maine is a summer home to so many sharks. Among other visitors, we have spiny dogfish, blue sharks, thresher ...

Southern right whales are the only whale species known to float upside down, and new drone footage suggests the purpose of ...

Meet the ice-breaking ocean giant who's baffled scientists and lives up to 200 years old, with our species guide ...

Forecasters brace for a powerful El Niño, more water pipes burst in Venice and Hollywood and more big stories.