The latest addition is the Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name ...

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other—the first evidence of ...

In a world full of bad news, there’s been good news in whale conservation. Many of the great whales are coming back. In fact, ...

For the first time, orcas have been seen making and using tools out of seaweed. The reason? Most likely as a form of social ...

The orcas clearly liked this activity because different whales were recorded preparing the stems eight times and rolling the ...

Scientists have spotted a subset of killer whales using seaweed to scratch each other’s backs, marking the first known ...

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.

Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem as an important food source for many species, such as ...

Killer Whales make seaweed tools in order to scratch each other’s backs, a study has revealed. Orcas were observed detaching ...

Off the Caribbean island of Dominica, Cecilia Vega dove into efforts to create a preserve to protect sperm whales and ...

Their findings show that whales fashion tools from kelp and use them for grooming purposes. The post Scientists reveal how killer whales groom each other appeared first on Talker.