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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over ...

Newborn southern resident killer whale, J62, swims alongside J41, believed to be its mother. Photo: NMFS 27038/DFO SARA 388 /Center for Whale Research ...

THE “world’s loneliest orca” who has been trapped in a tiny pool for 32 years is experiencing the "worst form of torture", experts claim. A devastating video shows Kshamenk barely able to ...

One of the most compelling examples of animal grief she discusses is the case of Tahlequah, an orca whose “grief swim ... a member of the J pod of orcas in the Pacific Northwest, first ...

"Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year," the center, which tracks southern resident orca populations in the Pacific Northwest, wrote in a ...

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 ...

Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget Sound has also died and she’s unable to let go. By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it ...

Train and bus stations saw a surge in crowds as people continued to arrive for the festival, although some devotees remained nervous after the deadly crush.