The sister of one of the four University of Idaho students slain in their off-campus home blasted the “shocking and cruel” ...

The Canadian government is redoubling its efforts to protect a critically endangered population of Southern Resident killer ...

Whales observed in Salish Sea off western North America Behaviour is a rare instance of tool use by marine mammals It may ...

Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in four oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop ...

Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...

Killer whales continue to surprise us. Earlier this month, we learned that the largest members of the dolphin family use kelp ...

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

In a new sign of toolmaking in marine mammals, orcas in the Pacific Northwest were recorded rubbing stalks of kelp against ...

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

We were amazed when we first noticed this behavior,” said Michael Weiss, research director at the Center for Whale Research in the U.S. state of Washington. What started as a puzzling observation in ...

Drone footage reveals killer whales using kelp to bond, groom, and possibly heal - offering a rare glimpse into their social ...

The footage conveyed a surprising trend: Dozens of orcas across all pods and age groups were using kelp to groom each other. While orcas have been known to drape kelp over their own bodies, this was ...