He saw orcas swimming around a kelp bed near his home and rowed out to them. The huge dorsal fin of a big male towered over him. The whale seemed to him ‘like an executioner’. But the orca dived ...

An orca who made headlines for mourning her dead calf in a unique two-week “tour of grief” is responding to her latest deceased newborn in the same way, a heart-wrenching photo shows.

While other orcas have been observed carrying their dead ... Tahlequah last gave birth to a male calf in 2020. "New Year’s Eve 2024 was a day of extreme highs and lows. We have confirmation ...

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...

A bereaved female killer whale who carried her dead calf for more than two weeks in 2018 has again lost a newborn and is bearing its body, US marine researchers said. Scientists say whales are ...

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving uncertain futures for the two last orcas in captivity in the country ...

A 1,300-pound great white shark, tagged by OCEARCH, surfaced off Florida's east coast Saturday night. The 13-foot shark is a repeat visitor.

Unique Social Behaviour and Identification Southern resident orcas travel in matrilineal groups and are identified by unique markings or fin shapes. Their strong social bonds resemble those of ...

A bereaved female killer whale who carried her dead calf for more than two weeks in 2018 has again lost a newborn and is bearing its body, US marine researchers said. Scientists say whales are ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over ...