In a baffling show of generosity, killer whales across the globe are giving fish to humans—and scientists are racing to ...

Killer whales have been documented offering food provisions to humans swimming near them or in nearby boats. Learn more about ...

Researchers have identified a fascinating behavior in killer whales, aka orcas: they sometimes offer to share their prey with ...

Like a proud cat leaving a bird on its owner's doorstep, orcas—also called killer whales—may sometimes offer to share their ...

Scientists documented 34 remarkable cases of wild killer whales trying to give food to humans across four oceans over 20 ...

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

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

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other—the first evidence of tool-making by marine mammals. The whales bite off the end of a kelp stalk ...

Two killer whales in the Salish Sea rub a kelp stalk (brown) between their bodies. Center for Whale Research, NMFS NOAA Permit 27038 By Erin Garcia de Jesús June 23, 2025 at 11:00 am ...

Other populations of killer whales have been observed rubbing their bodies on smooth stone beaches, possibly to remove dead skin. "Most examples of tool use in animals involve solving ecological ...

Are orcas coordinating attacks on boats? Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced Monday, in what they said is the ...

23 June 2025 Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Watch: Killer whales use kelp to ‘massage’ each other ...