A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca.

The loss of Tahlequah’s new calf (“ Orca Tahlequah’s new baby dies ,” Dec. 31, Climate Lab) and her all-too-familiar grief ...

In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...

Barbara J. King, an anthropology professor at William & Mary College, has spent her career exploring the depth of animals' emotional lives.

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...

A spokesperson for the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group said the whale had likely been dead for at least a week befor eit washed ...

A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago was spotted recently in waters off Victoria, B.C., still ...

While fishing off the coast of Honduras in 2023, a group of anglers stumbled upon a rare sight: a pod of orcas hunting down a ...

Tahlequah, the mother orca famous for carrying her dead calf on her back in 2018 ... Most dolphins and whales bear the body on their nose or fin for a day or two, not 17. Tahlequah’s ...

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for ... Individual whales are identified by unique markings or variations in their fin shapes ...