When certain algae flourish in the sea, they produce neurotoxins that can sicken both humans and marine animals. Acute ...

A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

A mammoth 1,653-pound great white shark surfaced off Florida's coast Sunday. The shark is the largest male tagged by OCEARCH ...

Beach rubbing, when animals swim close to shore to rub their bellies on smooth pebbles, is thought to help scrape off dead ...

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 ...

A mother killer whale whose calf died ... pushing her calf's carcass around, draped over the top of her head as she swam. The dorsal fin of the orca known as J35, or Tahlequah, is seen above the ocean ...

This week, mother orca Tahlequah may ... Maybe the animals are teaching us." She wonders daily what is happening with Tahlequah and the calf. "Do the predators come? Do the other orcas feed ...

NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother ... she carried her dead calf for 17 days. Now, she has lost another child, whom she has been carrying with her through the ocean for at least ...

"Though with these young whales ... a strong animal but the toll it takes on J35 because she can't forage when she's carrying the calf, Giles said. She also worries about the orca's mental ...

has been seen carrying her deceased calf for at least 11 days, drawing attention to the critically endangered southern resident killer whales. Researchers say this behavior is a sign of grief.