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 ...

This is the first documented evidence of its kind of marine mammals fashioning tools out of objects in their environment, ...

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

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

Hall went on to explain that this population, called the transient or Bigg’s killer whales, prey on marine mammals like seals ...

A discovery of unique killer whale behavior may be the first documented time a marine species has been seen using and ...

Researchers using a new drone say they have observed killer whales finding and modifying stalks of kelp to preen each other.

The researchers, using drones kitted with cameras, spotted a group of orcas biting off bits from a marine plant called bull ...

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

As whales return to the waters around Newfoundland, tourists and locals alike are out trying to snap their picture. But this year, a new AI-powered app is helping identify those whales and tell their ...

The discovery — published June 23 in Current Biology — constitutes the “first evidence” recorded of tool-making by marine mammals. “ We were amazed when we first noticed this,” Michael Weiss, the ...

A few tornadoes are reportedly possible in up to 11 U.S. states this afternoon and this evening. The National Weather Service ...