Life Orcas scrub each other clean with bits of kelp Drone footage has captured killer whales breaking off stalks of kelp and rubbing the pieces on other orcas, a rare case of tool use in marine ...

Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they ...

To start a kelp-based grooming session, an orca places the bull kelp stipe on its face and nuzzles against another killer ...

Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something ...

Scientists recently discovered that orcas were using bits of kelp to clean each other, a behavior they dubbed 'allokelping.' ...

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use objects to make tools. While the bubble nets that humpback whales use to catch ...

But do marine animals use tools to groom each other? According to one recent study, orcas do, demonstrating that tool-equipped mutual grooming isn't exclusive to primates.

Southern resident orcas are using kelp tools to groom each other. The fact our local orcas do this grooming together, as a social behavior, is a big deal. Dr. Michael Weiss from the Center for Whale ...

New research suggests orcas may be using kelp to connect with each other and even exfoliate.

In a new sign of toolmaking in marine mammals, orcas in the Pacific Northwest were recorded rubbing stalks of kelp against each other’s bodies, a study shows.

For the first time, researchers say they have captured footage of killer whales making tools out of seaweed to seemingly groom each other.

Thanks to new drone footage, killer whales have joined an exclusive club: the short list of animals that make and use tools. Scientists have discovered that southern resident killer whales—an ...