Lynda V. Mapes, Tribune News Service The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths ...

The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths intermingle in a vast web of ecosystems and ...

Salmon are struggling to survive. So are the families of endangered southern resident orcas, with a population of just 73, ...

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 ...

In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...

J35, also known as Tahlequah, is seen pushing her dead calf, J61 ... "That essentially results in a lot more drag [as she swims], and so her energy expenditure is going to be fairly significant ...

A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago was spotted recently in waters off Victoria, B.C., still carrying the carcass of her newborn. The Center for Whale Research spotted the ...

While it is known that animals grieve their dead calves ... humans when a baby is lost," researchers added. The connection between the Puget Sound and these animals makes Tahlequah's grief ...

Tahlequah has two living sons. But this baby lived only a week. The birth was confirmed on Christmas Eve, and the baby was confirmed dead on New Year’s Eve. She has been carrying the calf at ...

Teddy Swims enjoyed a stellar year in 2024 with the ... who shared with the world that he is expecting a baby with his girlfriend, Raiche Wright. The couple announced their happy news via ...

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 at least 11 days. Tahlequah is the orca whose story shocked the world ...