A killer whale that scientists first noticed in grainy photographs from a 1955 mass stranding in New Zealand has now been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have spotted a subset of killer whales using seaweed to scratch each other’s backs, marking the first known ...

While well-documented in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctica, much less is known about killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Australia. However, orcas are actually sighted year-round in all coastal ...

The baby killer whale is the fourth born into the Southern Resident killer whale population in the past 12 months Getty The sighting of a baby killer whale in British Columbia has given researchers a ...

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other – the first evidence of tool-making by marine mammals. The whales bite off the end of a kelp stalk, ...

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The sighting of a baby killer whale in British Columbia has given researchers a sign of hope for the endangered species. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, April 8, the Center for Whale Research announced ...

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 resident” killer ...