Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators. Family mourns 18-year-old who died on Carnival cruise ship ...

In a new sign of toolmaking in marine mammals, orcas in the Pacific Northwest were recorded rubbing stalks of kelp against each other’s bodies, a study shows. By Jacey Fortin A hundred feet or more ...

The clip shows a group of seven orcas — four adults and three calves — as they circle a seal on a tiny chunk of ice in western Antarctica’s Marguerite Bay. The lesson, which lasted over an hour, was ...

The more we learn about orcas, the more remarkable they are. These giant dolphins are the ocean's true apex predator, preying on great white sharks and other lesser predators. But for all their ...

Orcas off the west coast of North America are grooming each other with kelp, in a rare sighting of marine mammals manufacturing and using tools. For several years, scientists have been keenly ...

A brush with kelp may help some killer whales clean up nicely. The killer whales’ grooming habit was among the first things Michael Weiss and colleagues saw using a new drone with “really intense” ...

Killer whales share food with humans to get to know us better By Abhimanyu Ghoshal July 02, 2025 Researchers believe orcas offer prey to humans to observe their reactions, and maybe to practice ...

When three killer whales struck the Lady L, Heath Samples thought a tanker had collided with his yacht, as everyone on board was knocked off their feet. After the orcas repeatedly buffeted the yacht, ...