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 ...

Specialist shark-hunting pod paralyzes young white sharks to eat their energy-rich livers, taking advantage of local shark nursery A specialized shark-hunting pod of orcas in the Gulf of California ...

People love a tidy villain, so sharks get cast as the ocean’s hitmen, while orcas get treated like spooky geniuses with ...

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 ...

Killer whales utilize echolocation as a communication and hunting instrument. These sounds travel through the water and, upon encountering an object, reflect back, disclosing crucial information about ...

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 - ...

Killer Whales off the coast of Baja California Sur in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Kirk Hewlett, Getty Images A pod of killer whales chased a young great white shark, immobilized it and then bit its ...

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 ...