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

Scientists have confirmed a great white shark found dead on a beach in western Victoria in 2023 was killed by orcas for its ...

More than a year after a massive great white shark washed ashore in southwestern Australia, scientists have uncovered its ...

Long considered the kings of the oceans, great white sharks are seeing their supremacy challenged by an unexpected adversary: orcas. These cetaceans, known for their intelligence and cooperation, ...

Scientists said the presence of killer whale DNA on the great white shark was the result of a "true predation event".

Orcas hunt great white sharks with precision. They flip sharks upside down, inducing paralysis, and eat only their nutrient-rich livers, leaving the rest of the body untouched. Orcas use advanced ...

At the time, researchers believed they knew what had managed to kill this shark, but they could not confirm it. Now, however, DNA analysis taken from the bite wound has confirmed their suspicions: ...