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

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

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

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

Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they ...

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

Killer whales turn kelp stalks into tools that they use to groom each other while cleaning their own skin, too, observations ...

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

Orcas in the North Pacific have been seen "massaging" each other - rubbing pieces of kelp between their bodies. Using drones, ...

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

Researchers have observed a population of orcas that cut and position kelp tools between their bodies to scrub each other’s ...

Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island when the orcas dropped their prey directly in front of ...