The loss of Tahlequah’s new calf (“ Orca Tahlequah’s new baby dies ,” Dec. 31, Climate Lab) and her all-too-familiar grief ...

Barbara J. King, an anthropology professor at William & Mary College, has spent her career exploring the depth of animals' emotional lives.

This is the moment a woman spotted orcas for the first time after chasing sightings of the majestic marine mammals for almost ...

Even for a dog, Eba's sense of smell is incredible, and helps scientists more accurately find and collect orca poop. The poop ...

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 ...

The park has said 90 percent of its visitors come for its orca and dolphin performances. The closure of Marineland puts an end to a story that began when Count Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de La Poype ...

Listen to article ANTIBES, FRANCE: A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving uncertain futures for the two last orcas ...

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

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And one of the scientists is looking for one killer whale in particular. But their mission is not just to deepen our understanding of this extraordinary hunting behaviour. The team are also intent ...

A killer whale that is part of a population struggling to survive appears to be grieving, carrying the carcass of her dead calf on her head, echoing the mourning behaviour she exhibited for 17 ...

Tahlequah has been grieving the loss of her baby. In a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, an orca who made headlines in 2018 after it carried her dead calf for more than two weeks, has once ...