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

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

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

Andrew Fox, Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions.For the first time, DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a ...

Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." Scientists don't know whether orcas kill for fun. The marine mammals do some things, like killing and tossing dead porpoises in the air ...

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

a science and research director with whale conservation non-profit Wild Orca, told The Seattle Times. “And here she is doing it again.” Speaking about the killer whale mother with KOMO, ...

Ochoa et al, Predation of a Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) by Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) in Guanaja, Honduras, Aquatic Mammals (2025). DOI: 10.1578/AM.51.1.2025.31 ...

Killer whales have large, complex brains. They teach hunting techniques to their young, adapt to new prey, and communicate using unique dialects within their pods. Recent incidents show orcas ...