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 ...

It would be easy to assume that the bigger an animal’s eyes, the better they must work. However, a new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, has revealed ...

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other—the first evidence of ...

Scientists have spotted a subset of killer whales using seaweed to scratch each other’s backs, marking the first known ...

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.

An annual count of whales and dolphins is underway, with people across the motu keeping an eye out for sea mammals - big and ...