Restoring underwater kelp forests by culling overgrazing sea urchins would deliver significant financial benefits, a new ...

And killer whale youngsters are fond of playing kelp keep-away. But what the southern residents are doing with the kelp ...

In a new sign of toolmaking in marine mammals, orcas in the Pacific Northwest were recorded rubbing stalks of kelp against ...

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

Hunting white seabass off the coast of Catalina is the pinnacle of Southern California spearfishing. Here's what it takes.

Drone footage has captured killer whales breaking off stalks of kelp and rubbing the pieces on other orcas, a rare case of ...

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

Restoring Port Phillip Bay’s dwindling kelp forests by culling overgrazing sea urchins would deliver more than $92 million in ...

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.

Thanks to new drone footage, killer whales have joined an exclusive club: the short list of animals that make and use tools.

For the first time, orcas have been seen making and using tools out of seaweed. The reason? Most likely as a form of social grooming.