Though researchers have recorded orcas in the area killing sharks in coordinated group attacks, "predation on a white shark by a lone killer whale has not been documented" before the June 2023 ...

In 2022, scientists reported how a pack of killer whales ganged up to kill a blue whale. A recent spate of orcas striking and ...

Scientists have believed that killer whales, or orcas, could kill whale sharks for a long time, but had not been able to actually document exactly how they do it.

Orcas have learned how to hunt and kill huge whale sharks, video shows. Off the coast of Mexico, scientists have observed a pod of killer whales adapting new skills to help them hunt these docile ...

KILLER whales have declared war on the world’s biggest sharks as they train themselves in new deadly skills to kill the sea beasts. Orcas have been spotted in the Gulf of California hunting d… ...

Orcas, better known as killer whales, have been spotted hunting whale sharks, the world's largest shark species, that can grow up to 40 feet -- which has surprised the scientists.

An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet) in ...

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunt, kill and consume the largest fish on Earth, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science ...

“Evidence suggests that the white sharks being displaced or directly killed as a result of the killer whale predation in South Africa has led to cascading shifts in the wider marine ecosystem. “We ...

Killer whales have adapted special strategy to hunt world’s largest fish, scientists say. Orcas temporarily stun and flip over whale sharks to access their lipid-rich liver ...

In 2023, a 15-foot white shark with “distinctive bite wounds” washed ashore in Australia. Now, DNA analysis has revealed its killer. Screengrab from Trapman Australia's Facebook post In ...