A January 2025 article from the BBC’s Jasmin Fox-Skelly details numerous examples, from an elderly elephant shedding tears and eventually succumbing to grief after an elephant she had befriended died ...

As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for ...

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

As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for the second time in seven years, researcher Barbara J. King says there’s no ...

Here’s the latest news concerning climate change and biodiversity loss in British Columbia and around the world, from the ...

NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA, Fla. — The right whale "Grand Teton" was seen with a newborn calf off Amelia Island on Thursday.

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

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

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

Leesa Dahl looks at everything to do with our furry, fuzzy, feathered, fishy (and more!) pet friends. Happy Monday! I hope ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory "stepping ...

A research team at POSTECH has uncovered the molecular mechanism behind the remarkable underwater adhesion of hairy mussels (Barbatia virescens). Their findings, published in Nature Communications ...