Scientists have recorded an 'exceptionally rare' wild orca behavior known as 'tongue-nibbling' for the first time. The social ...

A study published in the journal Oceans details the remarkable chance encounter between a group of citizen scientists on a ...

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

THIS is the astonishing moment a pair of orcas was spotted kissing – with tongues – for the first time ever in the wild. The ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded wild orcas engaging in "tongue-nibbling" — a rare, intimate social behaviour ...

Two killer whales have been caught "kissing" on camera in a fiord in northern Norway. A group of ...

The encounter, observed by snorkelers in Norway, “involved repeated episodes of gentle, face-to-face oral contact.” ...

More information: Javier Almunia et al, A Kiss from the Wild: Tongue Nibbling in Free-Ranging Killer Whales (Orcinus orca), Oceans (2025). DOI: 10.3390/oceans6020037 ...

For the first time ever, scientists have captured video footage of two killer whales, or orcas, kissing. This is the first ...

A recent study published in the research journal Oceans has added yet another interesting, human-like interaction to the pantheon of orca behaviors observed in the wild. This time, the orcas were ...

Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think ...