The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with ships in its waters ...

This is the first of its kind along the West Coast and now offers data on where orcas are traveling overnight, which ...

This is the first documented evidence of its kind of marine mammals fashioning tools out of objects in their environment, ...

Sydney’s harbor becomes a humpback highway in winter as the whales migrate from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding ...

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

A new study reveals killer whales fashion kelp into tools and use them to groom each other, a possible first for marine ...

To start a kelp-based grooming session, an orca places the bull kelp stipe on its face and nuzzles against another killer ...

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.

This year’s whale deaths are outpacing the high numbers seen during the unusual mortality event from 2019 to 2023.

A dead whale is stranded on the beach at Kirby Cove in Marin County, one of several whales that have been found dead in or near the San Francisco Bay over the last week, scientists said.