Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

A newborn killer whale calf spotted off the southern coast of WA could be one of the youngest ever seen in Australian waters.

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 ...

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.

“As with last time, I think it’s enough to recognize how strong the mother-calf bond is in killer whales (among the strongest social relationships in any animal), and to see that she is clearl ...