A white whale calf swimming with its mother off Australia created a memorable moment, while a pod of rare Baird’s beaked ...

Killer whales have been documented offering food provisions to humans swimming near them or in nearby boats. Learn more about this fascinating behavior.

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

Killer whales sharing food with other killer whales is well-documented, but a new study in the Journal of Comparative ...

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

In what is being described as social and grooming behavior, Southern Resident orcas are using kelp to massage one another.

The study authors observed the practice in Southern Resident killer whales while sailing in the Salish Sea off the Pacific ...

Orcas often share food with each other—it’s a prosocial activity and a way that they build relationships with each other,” ...

Keeping track of hundreds of orcas is being made simpler with the help of an AI algorithm that can identify individual killer whales with 92% accuracy.

Orcas, also known as killer whales, are among the most intelligent and social of marine mammals. They live in tight-knit pods ...

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?

While domesticated animals like cats and dogs have been observed sharing food with humans, this is the first time a ...