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![great white shark with back scars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iLEModos9kiJwaNDtdde4G-320-80.jpg)
Photo shows 'massive' great white shark scarred after rare battle with 2 serial killer orcas
By Hannah Osborne published
A pair of orcas off the coast of South Africa have been ripping open sharks and feasting on their livers for the last eight years. A great white shark that survived an attack by the serial killer brothers has now been identified through huge scars across its massive body.
![An aerial shot of the deformed fin whale with severe bend halfway along its spine.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HqZa8y2sNnf9eaqXBWPrjC-320-80.jpg)
Heartbreaking footage shows whale with severely broken back struggling to swim
By Harry Baker published
A fin whale with a deformed spine was recently spotted struggling to swim off the coast of Spain. Its back was likely broken during a vessel strike, experts say.
![The carcass of a shark found on a beach in South Africa.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s32PKEGY43UY3AnmU6a9ie-320-80.jpg)
2 orcas slaughter 19 sharks in a single day in South Africa, eating their livers and leaving them to rot
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
An orca killing spree continues in South Africa. Their target: shark livers.
![The orca swimming at the surface, with a pilot whale calf alongside her.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Yr5u8DKfRet5CRLVBDv4bm-320-80.jpg)
Orca appears to adopt (or abduct) a baby pilot whale
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers have recorded an orca swimming with a pilot whale calf in a possible interspecies adoption, but how the two came together is a mystery.
![A fin whale mother and calf feeding near the ocean's surface.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LRKQXKt5qmyjVe7mqkmqWo-320-80.jpg)
Watch footage of 1,000 baleen whales in record-breaking feeding frenzy in Antarctica
By Harry Baker published
Cruise ship passengers near Antarctica witnessed the massive group, which mainly consisted of fin whales, feeding on an overabundance of krill in 2022.
![Left image shows a drawing of a sea monster depicted in light green and sticking its head out of the water to gobble up fish. The right image shows a digital illustration of a whale eating in a similar way.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gswmJBK5mgDPRGMUZyZDr9-320-80.jpg)
Terrifying sea monster 'hafgufa' described in medieval Norse manuscripts is actually a whale
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists in Australia think that a sea monster in 13th-century Norse manuscripts was actually an accurate description of a whale using trap feeding.
![A mother and baby orca breaching in the ocean.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2i7nW5LDoQmcfprJXjZf6E-320-80.jpg)
Orca males are burnouts who let their moms do all the hunting, surprising study finds
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Mama orcas are forgoing having more young and instead dote on their existing sons.
![The newly born calf swims alongside its mother. The pair were seemingly unaffected by the onlooking boats.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4fMo7V3ZrWvHxLVVLZVbYL-320-80.png)
Extremely rare gray whale birth captured on camera, possibly for the first time
By Harry Baker published
A lucky group of whale watchers recently watched a gray whale calf being birthed off the coast of California. It could be the first time that this incredible phenomenon has ever been caught on camera.
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