Killer whales, also known as orcas, are incredibly intelligent apex predators. As such, researchers have been observing the ...

A white whale calf swimming with its mother off Australia created a memorable moment, while a pod of rare Baird’s beaked ...

Scientists documented 34 remarkable cases of wild killer whales trying to give food to humans across four oceans over 20 ...

Learn why some orcas, commonly known as killer whales, are sharing their prey with humans.

Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their ...

A study published in the journal Current Biology describes a new example of tool use by a critically endangered population of ...

In each of these cases, the killer whales approached the people on their own and dropped their prey in front of them. “This ...

Southern resident killer whales have been caught on drone video crafting kelp tools to groom one another—an unprecedented ...

The encounter, observed by snorkelers in Norway, "involved repeated episodes of gentle, face-to-face oral contact." ...

A new study reveals killer whales fashion kelp into tools and use them to groom each other, a possible first for marine ...

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other—the first evidence of ...

Scientists say rare behaviour observed in Pacific Northwest shows how much we still don’t know about marine mammals ...