A team of researchers reconstructed an ancient marine ecosystem – and discovered a previously unseen seventh layer in its ...

Every summer, tiger sharks gather at a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean to hunt fledgling seabirds. New research suggests it ...

Fossils reveal that giant predatory sharks existed 15 million years before megalodon and were already top predators in Cretaceous seas.

Orcas look like water pandas, but live up to the nickname “killer whale.” This name originates from sailors who witnessed orcas preying on whales that were far larger than themselves. These sailors ...

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...

When sharks and crocodiles meet, science shows no clear victor exists. Survival, strategy, speed and strength determine outcomes, but most encounters end with caution, retreat and evolutionary balance ...

Shark week is approaching, and everyone is wild for those cartilaginous fish. I am compelled to write my annual article with a cautionary tale on why they are considered an apex predator and why we ...

A juvenile great white shark named Ernst has been tracked swimming near Pulley Ridge, an isolated marine area off Florida’s southwest coast. The location is far from where these apex predators are ...

A group of apex predators was seen off the coast of California, a company said. Getty Images/iStockphoto The ocean’s top predator was seen on the hunt for its next meal off the coast of California, ...