Drone footage has captured killer whales breaking off stalks of kelp and rubbing the pieces on other orcas, a rare case of ...

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

And killer whale youngsters are fond of playing kelp keep-away. But what the southern residents are doing with the kelp ...

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

New research shows southern resident killer whales grooming each other using kelp they’ve modified, and researchers think ...

For the first time, researchers say they have captured footage of killer whales making tools out of seaweed to seemingly ...

Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something ...

Southern resident killer whales are using kelp for what scientists suspect are both hygienic and social purposes.

Although orcas around the world are all categorized as a single species, they don't really behave as one. Distinct ...

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

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Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced Monday, in what they said is the first evidence of marine mammals making ...