The killer whales are using a kind of marine loofah to exfoliate. Rubbing the kelp between their bodies is a form of mutual grooming, and quite possibly, the first documented tool use for social ...

Researchers using a new drone say they have observed killer whales finding and modifying stalks of kelp to preen each other.

Dolphins Can 'See' Underwater By Using 'Echolocation' Technique, Scientists Find A team of researchers has managed to delve ...

An investigation traces arrival of nine large factory trawlers to B.C.'s coast in recent years, claiming some may be involved ...

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Isaac Williams reveals the bridge between animal communication patterns and human understanding, where novel uses of AI take centre stage.

Roanoke native James Morton "Jamie" Turner earned his high school diploma here in 1991. Now he's a professor of environmental science in Massachussets. His 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship will help fund ...

In the frigid waters of the Arctic, two of nature’s most fearsome predators,the Orca and the Polar Bear,come face to face in ...

A Bill for an Act to establish a Sperm whale Reserve in the Commonwealth of Dominica and to make provisions for the ...

From the entanglement of Shelagh, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, to the awe-inspiring appearance of the ...

Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something ...

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use ...