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 animals ...

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 ...

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.

A study published in the journal Current Biology describes a new example of tool use by a critically endangered population of ...

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

Video, photos capture whales grooming themselves, and each other with kelp This is the first known case of wild marine mammals making tools out of objects in their environment, according to The ...

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

New high-definition drone footage shows the apex predators using a tool made of kelp.

Orcas in the North Pacific have been seen "massaging" each other - rubbing pieces of kelp between their bodies. Using drones, researchers filmed the animals selecting and biting off the kelp, then ...

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 ...