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

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

A new study provides the first DNA evidence that killer whales in Australia hunt white sharks for their nutrient-rich livers.

Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ashore near Portland in Victoria in ...

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

Orcas, also called killer whales, are apex predators of the ocean. Their intelligence, hunting skills, and sheer power make ...

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

At the time, researchers believed they knew what had managed to kill this shark, but they could not confirm it. Now, however, ...

Killer whale culture relies on this transfer of knowledge from generation to generation. It's how pack-ice killer whales have developed the most sophisticated hunting strategy on the planet.

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 Portland ...