Second reported sighting in eastern North Pacific waters south of the Aleutian Island chain. A new scientific paper discusses ...

Drone footage from Norway shows killer whales using a highly coordinated and cooperative hunting technique to catch herring.

French customs agents have seized alligator skins, exotic bird feathers and marine animal skulls in three separate cases in recent months, highlighting what they say is a growing issue of protected ...

French customs agents have seized alligator skins, exotic bird feathers and marine animal skulls in three separate cases in recent months, highlighting what they say is a growing issue of protected ...

The new research, led by the Center for Whale Research in collaboration with the University of Exeter, has been published in the journal Current Biology.

Killer whales are one of the most intelligent animals; only humans have a larger brain relative to their body size, according to the study.

The study authors observed the practice in Southern Resident killer whales while sailing in the Salish Sea off the Pacific Northwest coast in 2024. Using high-definition cameras, they spotted 30 ...

Two killer whales scrubbing kelp between their backs, also known as “allokelping.” Credit: Center for Whale Research, NMFS NOAA Permit 27038 Lots of animals use tools to get their food, but ...

Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something other than hunting prey.

Researchers say higher quality drones helped them spot the whales regularly breaking off pieces of kelp to use as a tool, pressed between their bodies.

The orcas clearly liked this activity because different whales were recorded preparing the stems eight times and rolling the ...

Orcas in the North Pacific have been seen "massaging" each other - rubbing pieces of kelp between their bodies. Using drones, researchers filmed the animals selecting and biting off the kelp, then ...