In two incidents documented in Mexico’s Gulf of California, orcas worked together to blast sunfish into smithereens after they had killed the enormous animals

But off the coast of Baja California, a group of orcas has adopted a brutal way of hunting sunfish: With an unusual maneuver, the orcas pulverize the giants. Erick Higuera, a marine biologist at Conexiones Terramar,

A sunfish species described only a dozen years ago is under state protection, with a local population puzzling researchers with decreasing numbers. The New York State Department of

Scientists have documented a previously unrecorded orca hunting technique, dubbed "ram-to-fragment," in which killer whales work together to blast giant sunfish apart with explosive force.