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 ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some bowhead whales live for over 200 years. That's older than many countries' ...

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An endangered orca is carrying a dead calf around on her head in a tragic repeat of behavior that made headlines six years ago. Tahlequah, or J35, became famous in 2018 for embarking on what some ...

Wikie's mimicry reveals the complexity of orca communication despite their anatomical differences from humans. Imagine hearing a killer whale say "hello" or "goodbye"; it might seem like something ...

Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.

the orca made headlines in 2018 when she was observed grieving her deceased calf by swimming with it on her back for 17 days. By the time she finally let the calf go, the killer whale had swam a ...

An orca famous for carrying a dead calf around ... but there's some good news for her endangered southern resident killer whale pod. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

After the attack, which took place off the coast of Honduras, one of the orcas charged “directly” at the anglers’ boat.

In December 2014, we wrote in a commentary in the Times Colonist that said “southern resident killer whales are no better off now than when they were listed as endangered 15 years ago.” ...