Primates, birds, and elephants are all known to make tools, but examples of tool use among marine animals are much more limited. Reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on June 23, a team ...

Orcas have been filmed making and using tools for what seems to be a pleasurable, massage-like experience. Now they have been seen doing something that's never been documented among marine mammals ...

The more we learn about orcas, the more remarkable they are. These giant dolphins are the ocean's true apex predator, preying on great white sharks and other lesser predators. But for all their ...

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. By Jacey Fortin A hundred feet or more ...

Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators. Man charged in fatal shooting of cleaning woman who ...

Step aside, primates and crows. 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 ...

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Orcas off the west coast of North America are grooming each other with kelp, in a rare sighting of marine mammals manufacturing and using tools. For several years, scientists have been keenly ...

Orcas have been filmed making and using tools for what seems to be a pleasurable, massage-like experience. Orcas in the Gulf of California paralyze young great white sharks before ripping out their ...

Orcas have been filmed making and using tools for what seems to be a pleasurable, massage-like experience. The southern resident population of killer whales or orcas (Orcinus orca) lives in a region ...