Maybe the story of the orca mom and her dead calf spoke to me when it made headlines six years ago because I was swimming ...
We don't know how frequently these events occur in Australian waters and therefore how significant these findings are,' said ...
Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.
Scientists are unsure what caused the female calf’s death but believe it was born prematurely. About 50% of orca babies die within a year. “The death of any calf in the [Southern Resident ...
Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...
Nearly 70% of pregnancies in the Southern Resident orca population, which Tahlequah and her offspring belong to, result in spontaneous abortions or very early deaths, Weiss said. Unsuccessful ...
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 ...
An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another sign of ...
The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...
Orca advocates are begging federal leaders to help keep the Puget Sound’s Southern Residents alive. Advocates say the Federal ...
The documentary tells the story of the last southern resident killer whale held in captivity, and the efforts of two Lummi women to bring the orca home to a net pen sanctuary.