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

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

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

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?

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

Now a pair of orcas has been caught 'French kissing', taking their apparent mockery of human habits towards another flavor of ...

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

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

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

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

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