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

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

THE “world’s loneliest orca” who has been trapped in a tiny pool for 32 years is experiencing the “worst form of torture”, experts claim. A devastating video shows Kshamenk barely able ...

Famous Grieving Orca Whale Spotted Carrying Body of Her Dead Calf Over Hundreds of Miles for Second Time An orca living in ...

Killer whales typically reproduce every five years, giving the mother time to recover from the physical demands of pregnancy and giving birth, Hanson said. While no significant data are available to ...

a federally protected endangered group of fish-eating killer whales stretching from British Columbia to Monterey. Its birth was doubly poignant: its mother, known as J35, attracted worldwide ...

While biologists celebrate the calves of the highly endangered species, with an estimated 370 left in the wild, these births are evidence of a worrying phenomenon of right whales giving birth less ...

By analyzing hormones in southern resident killer whales’ feces ... female orcas can give birth to just one calf roughly every five years. But the Center for Whale Research has observed that ...

The entire team at the Center for Whale Research is deeply saddened by this news and we will continue to provide updates when we can.” ...

In 2022, J37 did give birth to a female who is still around ... Southern resident killer whales remain critically endangered, and scientists believe a lack of Chinook salmon is their biggest ...