Great white sharks ( Carcharodon carcharias) are often unfairly the stuff of marine nightmares. But these infamously fearsome creatures are sometimes eaten by an animal even higher on the food ...
While killer whales (Orcinus orca) can trigger the immediate departure of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), extended absences from their aggregation sites are also part of the sharks' natural ...
A widely publicized killer whale attack once seemed to explain why white sharks disappeared from a key aggregation site. Long-term tracking now suggests the reality is more nuanced. Killer whales (Orc ...
This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Killer whales can scare white sharks away in the moment, but a 12-year study from South ...
Many researchers thought the two-month absence was caused by the predation of a white shark by a group of orcas. Now a new study suggests there may be other reasons for their disappearance.
Footage shows orcas brutally hunting a thresher shark off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in a rarely documented encounter. Wildlife guide Evans Baudin filmed the December 2025 ambush as killer whales tore ...