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2 liver-eating orcas forced an entire population of great white sharks to flee their home waters
By Alison Kock, Matt Dicken, Alison Towner, Heather Bowlby, Toby Rogers published
Researchers have discovered that hundreds of great white sharks that vanished from their home off the Western Cape of South Africa have moved east in order to survive — but this could spell trouble for both the sharks and the people living there.

Every year, dozens of female hammerhead sharks mysteriously convene in French Polynesia under the full moon
By Sascha Pare published
Every austral summer, Rangiroa and Tikehau atolls in French Polynesia host a mysterious assembly of female great hammerhead sharks — a critically endangered and typically solitary species.

Color-changing hogfish use their skin to 'see' themselves — even after they're dead
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Hogfish can not only change colors but also "see" with their skin.

West Indian Ocean coelacanth: The once-'extinct' Lazarus fish that can live for 100 years
By Megan Shersby published
Believed to have gone extinct at the time of the dinosaurs, the coelacanth has one of the longest gestation periods on Earth — and it can hunt in a headstand.

Great white sharks: The world's largest predatory fish
By Patrick Pester last updated
Great white sharks are the largest predatory fish in the world, but scientists still have much to learn about these iconic predators.

Ultra-black eels that stalk the ocean's midnight zone all have the same strange skin and scientists now know why
By Ben Turner published
Elusive eels may use ultra-black pigmentation alongside bioluminescence to pounce upon and engulf unwitting prey.

Bizarre, alien-like creature discovered deep in Atlantic Ocean has 20 gangly arms
By Ben Turner published
The bizarre Antarctic feather star was once believed to be one species. Now, scientists have figured out that it's actually eight.

2 male great white sharks have traveled thousands of miles together and no one knows why
By Ethan Freedman published
Although usually solitary animals, two juvenile great whites, nicknamed Simon and Jekyll, have been tracked traveling more than 4,000 miles together along the U.S. east coast.
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