It turns out some scary creatures aren't actually that scary. Here are nine animals that aren’t as dangerous as they look.

In a baffling show of generosity, killer whales across the globe are giving fish to humans—and scientists are racing to ...

Researchers have identified a fascinating behavior in killer whales, aka orcas: they sometimes offer to share their prey with ...

Two killer whales in the Salish Sea rub a kelp stalk (brown) between their bodies. Center for Whale Research, NMFS NOAA Permit 27038 By Erin Garcia de Jesús June 23, 2025 at 11:00 am ...

Southern resident killer whales have been caught on drone video crafting kelp tools to groom one another—an unprecedented behavior among marine mammals. This suggests a deeper social and ...

ORCAs, the ultimate ocean predators, are capable of hunting the largest animals on Earth, including blue whales and elephant ...

A massive killer whale swam deep into Yaquina Bay, hunting alone and stunning onlookers. Here's what we know about T049C — and why he's so well known.

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.

Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced Monday, in what they said is the first evidence of ...

Killer whales turn kelp stalks into tools that they use to groom each other while cleaning their own skin, too, observations suggest. Michael Weiss at the Center for Whale Research in Friday ...

Scientists have spotted a subset of killer whales using seaweed to scratch each other’s backs, marking the first known identification of “tool” usage by marine mammals. The “southern ...

The California Killer Whale Project helped identify the orcas as CA45, CA45B, CA46D, CA216, CA216A, CA216D, CA216D1, CA216E and CA216F, a group that isn’t seen together very often, the whale ...