Imagine a kayaker paddling with a friend off Haida Gwaii. Without warning, a killer whale surges out of the water about 12 ...

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Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators.

Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, ...

Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...

The calf was born in late December. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led ...

Tahlequah, a mother orca who gained fame in 2018 for carrying ... “The death of any calf in the Southern Resident killer whale population is a tremendous loss, but the death of J61 is ...

In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.

About 50% of orca babies die within a year. The population of southern resident killer whales has struggled for decades, with only 73 remaining, according to experts. NOAA/NMFS NOAA News / USA ...

Hanson added, "To be back in that same position again, it's just truly traumatic for all of us, including the whale." While other killer whales have been observed exhibiting similar grieving ...

Tahlequah is one of 73 endangered Southern Resident orcas, a killer whale population that lives in three pods − J, K an L − along the Salish Sea near British Columbia and Washington State.

A new Washington law requires boats to stay at least 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident killer whales. Center for Whale Research Washington state boaters now need to stay 1,000 yards away ...