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Killer whales continue to surprise us. Earlier this month, we learned that the largest members of the dolphin family use kelp ...
Based on observations across two decades, scientists found 34 instances where the killer whales approached a human with a ...
Only 73 southern resident killer whales are left, but researchers believe there is a way to save the species. For the first ...
A study published in the journal Current Biology describes a new example of tool use by a critically endangered population of ...
A study published in the journal Oceans details the remarkable chance encounter between a group of citizen scientists on a ...
A new study reveals killer whales fashion kelp into tools and use them to groom each other, a possible first for marine ...
Whales observed in Salish Sea off western North America Behaviour is a rare instance of tool use by marine mammals It may ...
The “southern resident” killer whales, whose behaviors are the focus of a new study ... located in the inland Pacific Ocean waters between the state of Washington of British Columbia. “What I find ...
To start a kelp-based grooming session, an orca places the bull kelp stipe on its face and nuzzles against another killer ...
A 13-day survey conducted in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) found a large variety of marine life living in the region, ...
"Urgent and bold action" is needed to save the endangered southern resident killer whales from extinction “before it’s too late,” says a new report from a group of scientists. Despite two decades of ...
The orcas clearly liked this activity because different whales were recorded preparing the stems eight times and rolling the ...