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

Killer whales are known for exceptional intelligence, displaying complex social structures and sophisticated communication.

The orcas clearly liked this activity because different whales were recorded preparing the stems eight times and rolling the ...

ORCAs, the ultimate ocean predators, are capable of hunting the largest animals on Earth, including blue whales and elephant ...

Scientists have documented what might be the first case of friendly interactions between killer whales and smaller cetaceans. Here's what they think is going on.

A pod of humpback whales encountered a group of killer whales during feeding time off the coast of California. On June 24, a ...

Whales are already known to frolic through seaweed in a practice called “kelping”. They are thought to do this partly for fun ...

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

According to a May publication in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, researchers at UH Mānoa and the College of Tropical ...

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.

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