According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...
Over a year after a dead 15-foot shark was found with mysterious bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, DNA ...
Researchers collected DNA samples from the distinctive bite wounds on the shark’s body that washed ashore near Portland, ...
Scientists said the presence of killer whale DNA on the great white shark was the result of a "true predation event" with multiple other tests ruling out contamination from the marine environment.
It is the first killer whale predation on a white shark in Australian waters to be confirmed using DNA testing. Research has confirmed a great white shark that washed up on a beach in south-west ...
Over a year after a 15-foot great white shark was found dead ... “These results provide confirmed evidence of killer whale predation on white sharks in Australia and the likely selective ...
Orcas have a taste for shark liver and prey on great white sharks ... in the area. An orca known as J35, foreground, swims with others near San Juan Island in US’ Washington state on Aug. 11, 2018.
Researchers used DNA evidence to confirm orcas killed a 15-foot great white shark discovered mangled on an Australian beach.
In 2023, the remains of a great ... on the white shark and sequenced for remnant genetic material from the shark’s predator. We were able to confirm the presence of killer whale DNA in the ...