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

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

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 ...

ORCAs, the ultimate ocean predators, are capable of hunting the largest animals on Earth, including blue whales and elephant ...

Researchers have observed a population of orcas that cut and position kelp tools between their bodies to scrub each other’s ...

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

Behavioral ecologist Michael Weiss was browsing through new drone footage of the orca pods he studies in the Salish Sea when ...

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

PALS on a fishing trip were stunned when they spotted what appeared to be a pod of killer whales in the Channel. David Hilton, 64, and Paul Bradshaw, 61, were angling off the South Coast when they … ...

News World news Whales Abandoned Marineland Antibes closed down leaving two living orca whales to rot to death France's last remaining orcas, Wikie and Keijo, spend their endless days swimming ...

Kamea, 11, a killer whale born into captivity in SeaWorld San Antonio, has died after contracting an undisclosed illness The park shared the news of the orca's death on June 19, writing in a ...