Researchers have documented orcas dropping prey and other marine life in front of humans, as if offering us food. The orcas' ...

Prior to this instance, the “tongue-nibbling” had only been observed a handful of times in captivity. First seen in captive ...

Underwater contact makes up most of orcas’ social life, yet scientists traditionally watch from boats and count surface cues: ...

They amuse us by wearing salmon hats, enrage us by sinking our expensive yachts, and now they have been documented sharing their meals with us – why?

Orcas are brilliant creatures. Their brains are highly developed when it comes to problem-solving skills, cognition, and ...

Orcas have been spotted giving each other rubdowns with kelp tools, rubbing pieces of the seaweed between their bodies.

Rubbing against algae to slough off dead skin has been observed in other cetaceans, but never before with what can truly be ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is developing a plan to protect Southern Resident orcas, which were added to the ...

Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A pod of orca whales was spotted playing in Commencement Bay near Tacoma. Video shared with KOMO News by ...

A new study, released Monday, is investigating rare occurrences of orcas offering humans food offerings and what that ...

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use ...