Have you ever wondered whether your dog or cat experiences feelings of joy and sadness? How about whether or not wild animals love and grieve? Barbara J. King, an emerita professor of anthropology at ...

Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for ...

Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.

Mother orca 'appeared to be trying to keep it (calf) from sinking' off Canada's Vancouver Island, says Center for Whale ...

As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for ...

This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 ...

For at least 11 days, a mother killer whale has been carrying the body of her dead newborn calf. Only a handful of days old, ...

Orcas, known for their intelligence, can mimic human language, as demonstrated by a female orca named Wikie who replicated words like 'hello' and 'bye-bye.' This research highlights orcas' vocal ...

King’s research cites grief and mourning among a ... that we are not contributing to the harms and the deaths of these orca calves in this pod and in others. “What I want to do is find a ...

Killer whales, or orcas, have long been recognized as some of the most intelligent creatures in the ocean. Known for their ...