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

Orcas often share food with each other—it’s a prosocial activity and a way that they build relationships with each other,” ...

A study published in the journal Oceans details the remarkable chance encounter between a group of citizen scientists on a ...

Researchers have documented orcas dropping prey and other marine life in front of humans, as if offering us food. The orcas' ...

We've recently seen orcas foray into the world of fashion by wearing dead salmon as hats. Now a pair of orcas has been caught ...

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

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

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use ...

The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

They amuse us by wearing salmon hats, enrage us by sinking our expensive yachts, and now they have been documented sharing their meals with us – why?

Animals using tools is always a pretty cool facet of their behavior, from monkeys cracking nuts to elephants sabotaging their ...

For more than a century, killer whales have been understood to be just one worldwide species, Orcinus orca, with many types. But now, after decades of work, scientists have determined the ...