Killer whales have been documented offering food provisions to humans swimming near them or in nearby boats. Learn more about ...

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Killer whales turn kelp stalks into tools that they use to groom each other while cleaning their own skin, too, observations ...

The author recounts three separate experiences in the outdoors, ranging from an alarming discovery along the Clark Fork River ...

The discovery — published June 23 in Current Biology — constitutes the “first evidence” recorded of tool-making by marine mammals. “ We were amazed when we first noticed this,” Michael Weiss, the ...

And when they spot the whales, hunting crews set out on umiaks—long boats made of animal hide—in hopes of catching bowhead whales. YUYAN: I love being out. I'll like wake up at 10 p.m. and ...

Artifacts found at archeological sites in France and Spain along the Bay of Biscay shoreline show that humans have been ...

Bowhead whales are endemic to the icy waters of the Arctic and prefer living in shallow waters near sea ice, filtering krill and tiny crustaceans called copepods for food. However, the Arctic is ...

The whales surface to skim-feed. Among them are a female, #3903, and a few males: #4425, #4440 (Avalanche) and #5245. Where their ancient ancestors had teeth, these whales have baleen, ...

Observers count bowhead whales passing by Utqiagvik, part of a census that takes place every 10 years. John Citta / North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management It is part of an effort to ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a mostly Arctic species, with a body that's capable of breaking through thick sea ice.This is a filter-feeding species that strains plankton from the ...