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 ...

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

Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...