Now a pair of orcas has been caught 'French kissing', taking their apparent mockery of human habits towards another flavor of ...

They amuse us by wearing salmon hats, enrage us by sinking our expensive yachts, and now they have been documented sharing their meals with us – why?

Orcas are brilliant creatures. Their brains are highly developed when it comes to problem-solving skills, cognition, and ...

Prior to this instance, the “tongue-nibbling” had only been observed a handful of times in captivity. First seen in captive ...

A surprising new study now shows that orcas have a softer, possibly even romantic, side as they are caught kissing on film ...

A pod of killer whales has revived a curious trend from the 1980s in which they swim around with dead salmon balanced on ...

It was not until October 2024 that the Southern Resident orcas were seen wearing salmon hats once again. While it is likely that pod members learned the behavior from one another and passed it down to ...

Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

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

Killer whales have an endless capacity to surprise us with their unique behavior. A new study describes wild orcas 'sharing' ...