For the first time ever, scientists witnessed a lone orca killing a great white shark off the coast of South Africa, further solidifying the mammal's reputation as the ocean's top predator and ...

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 ...

Research confirms a great white shark that washed up on a beach in south-west Victoria was the victim of killer whale ...

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

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

Schulman-Janiger, also Lead Research Biologist for the California Killer Whale Project, said the orcas are likely the same five orcas spotted farther south, off Orange County, on Thursday.

although no carcass was recovered to confirm the kill. Rhodes University (South Africa) marine biologist, Dr Alison Towner, an author in the study, says similar killer whale predation on white ...

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: ...