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

This is the first documented evidence of its kind of marine mammals fashioning tools out of objects in their environment, ...

The orcas clearly liked this activity because different whales were recorded preparing the stems eight times and rolling the ...

An art exhibit in Seattle is highlighting the dire situation for orca off the coast of Washington. The show, called SUPER POD: All Together features all the members of the endangered Southern ...

Art skills came in handy for a whale of a sculpture. Kosloski, who said he can draw anything as long as he has a picture to work from, said he used his art skills to make the sculpture using snow ...

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.

This orca has never had a calf of her own. It is possible that she adopted the pilot whale as a substitute. Pilot whales and orcas both have close-knit families in the wild, meaning their mother ...

The adult male killer whale Moctezuma and five other killer whales (two adult females, two juveniles, one calf), in the vicinity of the juvenile whale shark, measuring around 6 meters.

Tahlequah, the killer whale who made headlines for mourning her dead calf in a unique two-week "tour of grief" seven years ago, is reacting to her latest deceased newborn the same way, a heart ...

In 1992, a colleague had returned from a fishing trip in Baja with a story about seeing two killer whales attacking a whale shark. But Ms. Schulman-Janiger was never able to confirm the event.