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

This includes premature death, reduced resistance to disease ... dolphins and porpoises exist in confinement. Last year, ...

The two orcas -- also known as killer whales -- themselves face an uncertain future. Animal activists had been angered by Marineland's plans to transfer its two killer whales to Japan, a move ...

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In 2023 the marine biologist published The Killer Whale Journals ... called Tilikum killed trainer Dawn Brancheau after a show at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010. He grabbed her and dragged her into ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales have shared a heartfelt statement following the death of Edward Pettifer William's former nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke's stepson. The future King said: "Catherine ...

Shipman was Britain's most prolific serial killer. WARNING ... Shipman had earned himself a new nickname, "the angel of death". His motive remains something of an enigma. While most serial ...

According to the center, the death of any Southern Resident killer whale calf is a "tremendous loss," but the death of Tahlequah's calf is "particularly devastating, not just because she was a ...

Before her death, Quintanilla-Pérez was on the brink of breaking into the English-speaking market. She won a Grammy in 1994 for “Live,” a collection of live recordings that featured the hit ...

The cause of death of the calf is unclear, but experts shared that the first year of life for a young killer whale is the most critical and dangerous. "I sort of thought at one point, okay ...

Chris, for his part, has previously opened up on the trauma caused by his late wife’s death. “It was the hardest thing up until that point that I had ever had to go through," Chris ...