The month of December brought the endangered Southern Resident killer whales sadness and joy.

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

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 ...

OF the over 40 dolphin species, killer whales (orcas) are the largest, while bottlenose dolphins are the most common.

Cetaceans—marine mammals that include dolphins, porpoises, and whales—are crucial to coastal ecology. Their presence fosters ...

There are five types of killer whale in Antarctica, but only three found in these waters, near the peninsula south of South ...

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

Only a handful of days old, the female calf was confirmed dead on New Year's Eve. The next day, the southern resident orca ...

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 ...

Orcas, known for their intelligence, can mimic human language, as demonstrated by a female orca named Wikie who replicated ...

After consulting with federal authorities, rescuers decided the most humane course of action was to euthanize the animal.