To start a kelp-based grooming session, an orca places the bull kelp stipe on its face and nuzzles against another killer ...

Marine biologist Carrie Newell photographed four blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — 3 miles off Depoe Bay.

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.

Kings and Generals brings to life some of the most unusual animals in history, starting with Porphyrios - the whale that harassed the Byzantine Empire during Justinian’s reign. This video explores how ...

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

Killer whales off the west coast of North America have been spotted making and using tools to groom each other, the first time such behaviour has been recorded in marine mammals. Scientists from the ...

An endangered humpback whale was recently spotted showing severe injuries from an apparent collision with a boat near Glacier ...

Whales observed in Salish Sea off western North America Behaviour is a rare instance of tool use by marine mammals It may promote skin health and strengthen ...