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Orcas spotted using seaweed to groom each other
Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use objects to make tools. While the bubble nets that humpback whales use to catch fish are considered tools by some scientists, our knowledge of tool use in marine animals is much more limited.
The killer whale on boat "violence" doesn't seem to be going away. Last week, an orca (Orcinus orca) reportedly launched itself into a yacht off the coast of the North Sea.The event, which wasn't ...
Other toothed whales such as sperm whales, as well as the filter-feeding baleen whales, including the blue whale, have not been found to experience menopause. A killer whale jumps out of ...
"Evolution has selected for this brain in the female killer whale that is so determined to keep her son alive, that she will potentially not get the food she herself needs, but go hungry to keep ...
The findings are published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Around the world, killer whales (Orcinus orca) have ...
Male killer whales appear to be more protected by their mothers than female killer whales are, a new study has found. Published in the journal Current Biology by researchers at the University ...
There are five species of toothed whales that undergo menopause — short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, killer whales, narwhals and belugas — making it the type of animal that is ...
During the course of evolution, toothed whales have lost their vocal folds, but evolved an entirely new set of sound sources in the nose." Reporting by Will Dunham, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien ...
The study’s findings, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, could help explain why endangered whale populations continue to decline despite conservation efforts.
Since 2020, a group of killer whales in the Strait of Gibraltar has sunk three vessels and disabled dozens more. The reason why is unclear. Experts share their theories.
Female killer whales, also known as orcas, live up to 90 years in the wild—with an average of 22 years when they are no longer able to reproduce. Only six species of animals—humans and five ...
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