Dead whales are not just disgusting — they can become giant pressure bombs. The transcript explains that bacteria inside a dead animal produce methane as the body decomposes, and in a massive whale ...

Killer whales might pulverize sunfish to break them into smaller bites for young orcas — or they might just find it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screen grab shows the bloated carcass of a dead humpback whale floating off the Danish island of Anholt. After unsuccessful ...

An adult orca cruises near the surface of the clear, blue water, holding a large sunfish carcass in its mouth. Seconds later, ...

Researchers for the first time have documented orcas cooperating to smash their prey. Both instances were captured on video.

The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The ...