Killer whales, also known as orcas, are incredibly intelligent apex predators. As such, researchers have been observing the ...

In each of these cases, the killer whales approached the people on their own and dropped their prey in front of them. “This ...

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

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

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

Federal officials are reporting the lowest numbers of gray whales counted since the 1970s. More than 20 have died in S.F. Bay ...

The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

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

Heroic Rescue of 60 Whales About To Be Beached in Northern Iceland Has People Cheering originally appeared on PetHelpful. In ...

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

Sydney’s harbor becomes a humpback highway in winter as the whales migrate from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding ...