Great white sharks have long ruled the open ocean, but a new and highly organized rival is beginning to reshape that balance ...

Killer whales have been caught on camera hunting down and eating great white sharks alive. A shark-hunting pod of orcas was seen flipping their rival apex predators upside-down to paralyze them - ...

Even apex predators can become prey. Here’s how orcas are flipping the script on the ocean’s most feared predator: the great ...

The ocean is full of mighty hunters. Two of the most feared are the shark and the orca (killer whale). Sharks are ancient, solitary predators. They have rows of razor-sharp teeth, whereas orcas are ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

The killer whales ripped the liver out of a shark and passed it around—only the second time orcas have been seen engaging in this behavior. Killer Whales off the coast of Baja California Sur in the ...

Orcas have been having a moment lately, garnering attention for intelligence hunting habits they've used to sink yachts and hunt sharks for their apparently nutrient-dense livers. On Sunday, a group ...

Some say they got this name because sailors noticed their ability to dispatch enormous whales and dubbed them ‘whale killers’ ...

As the whale watching boat slowly approached, the passengers saw something strange in the water—an 80-foot cloud of red-brown liquid. Just minutes later, an orca hurled a small whale into the air.

Whale watchers in Madeira captured the astonishing moment orcas took down the deep-diving marine mammal. The predatory behavior had never been documented in the region. A pygmy sperm whale was ...