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

In a video by the Ocean Exploration Trust, scientists return to a whale fall off the coast of British Columbia for the third ...

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

A new report from a group of more than 30 experts says a population of endangered killer whales off the coast of British ...

In a baffling show of generosity, killer whales across the globe are giving fish to humans—and scientists are racing to ...

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting ...

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

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use objects to make tools. While the bubble nets that humpback whales use to catch ...

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.

Efforts to save the Northwest’s endangered orcas are not working on either side of the U.S.-Canada border, according to an ...

Southern resident killer whales are using kelp for what scientists suspect are both hygienic and social purposes.