By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head, and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable. Just as she did in 2018 ...
In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget Sound off West Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday, Jan. 1 ...
The orcas were identified by analyzing photographs of dorsal fins and distinctive features like scars. Researchers found ... to support that theory. One male orca, which the scientists dubbed ...
The authors were able to identify the orcas involved by looking at distinctive features such as dorsal fins or scars on the animals’ bodies. In three of four hunting events, a male orca ...