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

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

Over the years, orcas have been seen partaking in some peculiar practices, from sinking sailboats to wearing salmon “hats.” ...

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

Over the years, orcas have been seen partaking in some peculiar practices, from sinking sailboats to wearing salmon “hats.” ...

Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of all ...

The Center for Biological Diversity and allies today secured court-ordered deadlines requiring the National Marine Fisheries Service to determine whether spring-run Chinook salmon in Oregon, ...

We were amazed when we first noticed this behavior,” said Michael Weiss, research director at the Center for Whale Research in the U.S. state of Washington. What started as a puzzling observation in ...