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The rare and awe-inspiring gestures were documented off the coasts of B.C., California, New Zealand and Norway. Researchers ...
The behavior could be the first-ever documented accounts of wild predators offering their food to people. In a nutshell Wild ...
Learn why some orcas, commonly known as killer whales, are sharing their prey with humans.
Scientists documented 34 remarkable cases of wild killer whales trying to give food to humans across four oceans over 20 ...
The Canadian government is redoubling its efforts to protect a critically endangered population of Southern Resident killer ...
Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their ...
Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they ...
Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in four oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop ...
Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...
The encounter, observed by snorkelers in Norway, "involved repeated episodes of gentle, face-to-face oral contact." ...
In a new sign of toolmaking in marine mammals, orcas in the Pacific Northwest were recorded rubbing stalks of kelp against ...
Researchers have observed a population of orcas that cut and position kelp tools between their bodies to scrub each other’s ...