Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...

Footage captured in May 2022 shows an aerial view of killer whales hunting and killing great white sharks at Mossel Bay, ...

DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ashore near ...

said the attack was the first confirmed instance of killer whale predation on a white shark in Australia. "Seeing this is actually very rare," she said. "That a white shark washed up relatively ...

They sit at the top of the marine food chain, hunting sharks, seals ... and even beach themselves to grab prey. Killer whales have large, complex brains. They teach hunting techniques to their ...

Orcas in captivity sometimes attack humans. Captive killer whales have been linked to four human deaths and many other violent incidents. For instance, a SeaWorld orca named "Tilikum" was involved ...

For the first time, DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ...

killer whale ... hunt sharks, making them a formidable threat to the once-dominant apex predator. Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, with open mouth. False Bay, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean.