Charlotte Rampling and Richard Harris are the heavy-hitting Oscar nominees facing off with a big plastic whale.

As humans increasingly appear in orcas' marine neighborhoods, the whales could be interested in learning about us: our ...

THIS is the astonishing moment a pair of orcas was spotted kissing – with tongues – for the first time ever in the wild. The ...

Scientists have recorded an 'exceptionally rare' wild orca behavior known as 'tongue-nibbling' for the first time. The social ...

Underwater contact makes up most of orcas’ social life, yet scientists traditionally watch from boats and count surface cues: ...

For the first time ever, scientists have captured video footage of two killer whales, or orcas, kissing. This is the first ...

Prior to this instance, the “tongue-nibbling” had only been observed a handful of times in captivity. First seen in captive ...

Researchers have documented orcas dropping prey and other marine life in front of humans, as if offering us food. The orcas' ...

Life at the aquarium is too easy and too boring for Sam the orca. And when Ollie confirms that he’s not a “killer whale” but rather, a large dolphin… he decides to return to the sea. But returning to ...

In what is being described as social and grooming behavior, Southern Resident orcas are using kelp to massage one another.

"These weren't mistakes," says researcher Jared Towers. "They weren't like the killer whales accidentally dropped the food.

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...