A white whale calf swimming with its mother off Australia created a memorable moment, while a pod of rare Baird's beaked ...

The behavior could be the first-ever documented accounts of wild predators offering their food to people. In a nutshell Wild ...

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

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

Killer whales are known for exceptional intelligence, displaying complex social structures and sophisticated communication.

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

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

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

A new study reveals killer whales fashion kelp into tools and use them to groom each other, a possible first for marine ...

From the entanglement of Shelagh, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, to the awe-inspiring appearance of the ...

The killer whales are using a kind of marine loofah to exfoliate. Rubbing the kelp between their bodies is a form of mutual ...

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.