When you hear the word killer whale, you immediately imagine a vicious hunter in your head, fearsome and evil. But there was never a recorded attack on a human being in the wild. Below, you can find ...
Newborn southern resident killer whale, J62, swims alongside J41, believed to be its mother. Photo: NMFS 27038/DFO SARA 388 /Center for Whale Research ...
Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...
While fishing off the coast of Honduras in 2023, a group of anglers stumbled upon a rare sight: a pod of orcas hunting down a sperm whale. The underwater attack—which was organized and bloody ...
One of the most compelling examples of animal grief she discusses is the case of Tahlequah, an orca whose “grief swim” in 2018, and now again in 2025, has captured global attention and challenged ...
The orca gave birth to another calf on Sept. 4, 2020, a male who was named J57. The Center for Whale Research described the newborn as "healthy and precocious, swimming vigorously alongside its ...