Australian marine scientists say new research documenting orcas using seaweed as a tool for grooming is further evidence of the species’ complex social structures.

We were amazed when we first noticed this behavior,” said Michael Weiss, research director at the Center for Whale Research in the U.S. state of Washington. What started as a puzzling observation in ...

Submitted by the Orca Network. Orca Network and Washington State Ferries will be hosting an event on board the ferry Tokitae on June 29th to celebrate Toki’s Legacy. The ferrys ...

The killer whales are using a kind of marine loofah to exfoliate. Rubbing the kelp between their bodies is a form of mutual ...

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

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

In the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal, southern residents have been documented detaching lengths of seaweed and ...

With its wild coasts and hundreds of islands, Washington has its fair share of lighthouses. Built during the 19th and 20th ...

Drone footage has captured killer whales breaking off stalks of kelp and rubbing the pieces on other orcas, a rare case of ...

"They're using the kelp to rub between themselves." During 12 days - between April and July 2024 - of studying a population ...

Orcas have been spotted giving each other rubdowns with kelp tools, rubbing pieces of the seaweed between their bodies.

The Seattle Orcas hosted their first officially named fan fest on June 8 at Marymoor Park in Redmond, the hopeful eventual ...