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

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

Researchers have identified a fascinating behavior in killer whales, aka orcas: they sometimes offer to share their prey with ...

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

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

The encounter, observed by snorkelers in Norway, "involved repeated episodes of gentle, face-to-face oral contact." ...

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

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

Scientists documented 34 remarkable cases of wild killer whales trying to give food to humans across four oceans over 20 ...

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

The study authors observed the practice in Southern Resident killer whales while sailing in the Salish Sea off the Pacific ...

A surprising new study now shows that orcas have a softer, possibly even romantic, side as they are caught kissing on film ...