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 ...
Footage captured in May 2022 shows an aerial view of killer whales hunting and killing great white sharks at Mossel Bay, ...
Over a year after a dead 15-foot shark was found with mysterious bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, DNA ...
More than a year after a massive great white shark washed ashore in southwestern Australia, scientists have uncovered its ...
DNA evidence has confirmed that killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver—marking the first recorded case ...
Scientists said the presence of killer whale DNA on the great white shark was the result of a "true predation event".
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 ...
Orcas have a taste for shark liver and prey on great white sharks in Australian waters ... Photo: Ken Balcomb, Center for Whale Research via AP Suspecting a killer whale was the behind the shark’s ...
"Swabs were taken from bite wounds 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 primary ...
Orcas, also called killer whales, are apex predators of the ocean. Their intelligence, hunting skills, and sheer power make ...