A new study provides the first DNA evidence that killer whales in Australia hunt white sharks for their nutrient-rich livers.
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DNA Confirms Orcas Prey Upon One of Australia's Deadliest Marine PredatorsThe researchers took swabs from the white shark's bite wounds and sequenced for any genetic material that the predator may ...
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Orcas off Antarctica filmed teaching calves to hunt in incredible new footageThe clip shows a group of seven orcas — four adults and three calves — as they circle a seal on a tiny chunk of ice in ...
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Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...
According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...
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Facts About Orca Killer WhalesOrcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators.
DNA evidence has confirmed that killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver—marking the first recorded case ...
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