The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just ...

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 ...

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, ...

As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near ... King said the way Tahlequah's first "grief swim" was interpreted has now "been affirmed ...

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 ...

A BABY girl was born brain dead just days after doctors dismissed her mum's "burning" pains as nothing. Melissa Warman was admitted to Birmingham Women’s Hospital on November 19 after her waters ...

The grieving killer whale mother who lost her calf on New Year’s Eve has been pushing and carrying the dead baby for at least 11 days. Researchers said J35, also known as Tahlequah, was spotted ...

A 16-year-old from New Tecumseth has been charged with murder after a baby died last year ... with first-degree murder and indignity to a dead body. The accused remains in custody and is scheduled ...