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 have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species ...

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.' ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Although orcas around the world are all categorized as a single species, they don't really behave as one. Distinct populations, called ecotypes, have their own habitats, their own languages, their own ...