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

The rare and awe-inspiring gestures were documented off the coasts of B.C., California, New Zealand and Norway. Researchers ...

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

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

In a nutshell Southern resident killer whales are making tools from kelp to groom each other—the first documented case of ...

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

Scientists say rare behaviour observed in Pacific Northwest shows how much we still don’t know about marine mammals ...

Scientists have spotted a subset of killer whales using seaweed to scratch each other’s backs, marking the first known ...

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

Primates, birds, and elephants are all known to make tools, but examples of tool use among marine animals are much more ...

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

A rare and endangered whale has been spotted off the Kerry coast, a lone male orca travelling through the waters of Dingle ...