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

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

Learn more about a group of orcas in the Pacific Northwest that have been observed making and using tools to groom each other ...

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

Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island ...

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

The killer whales are using a kind of marine loofah to exfoliate. Rubbing the kelp between their bodies is a form of mutual ...

Whales are already known to frolic through seaweed in a practice called “kelping”. They are thought to do this partly for fun ...

Drone footage reveals killer whales using kelp to bond, groom, and possibly heal - offering a rare glimpse into their social ...

New research documents killer whales using seaweed as tools in the Salish Sea, showcasing their intelligence and social ...

We were amazed when we first noticed this behavior,” said Michael Weiss, research director at the Center for Whale Research in the U.S. state of Washington. What started as a puzzling observation in ...

In a new sign of toolmaking in marine mammals, orcas in the Pacific Northwest were recorded rubbing stalks of kelp against ...