The Bowhead Whale Survives Icy Waters and Killer Whale Attacks
The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...
Whale Expert Who Helped Real-Life Free Willy Is Fighting to Save 2 Orcas at Shutdown Marine Park (Exclusive)
Dave Phillips, a scientist that helped to rewild Keiko, the orca who starred in "Free Willy," is working to help two other ...
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Killer whale mom who carried dead calf’s body for weeks seen grieving again
The Center of Whale Research and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) witnessed the mother carrying her ...
Killer whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ocean loses another baby
A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse along with her for more than two weeks in a ...
Grieving Mother Orca Whale Carries Dead Baby, Again | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Vantage with Palki Sharma A grieving mother orca is once again carrying her dead calf, echoing a heartbreaking event from ...
Why Tahlequah, the killer orca that carried its dead calf for weeks, is mourning again
An orca has been spotted carrying the body of its deceased calf. The orca named Tahlequah, first gained global attention in ...
French Marine Park Closes Over Law Banning Killer Whale Shows
A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving ...
Killer whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days has new baby
The killer whale that carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks for 1,000 miles in 2018 has a new baby, ...
Why Killer Whales—Famous For Sporting Salmon ‘Hats’ In The 1980s—Might Be Doing It Again
Did you know orcas once turned salmon into quirky headwear in the 1980s? This "fad" disappeared by the turn of the decade, ...
Southern Resident orca whale again carries her dead calf through Puget Sound-area waters
On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 died. Just a week earlier, researchers had proudly announced this new member of J pod, delivered by J35, Tahlequah.
Boats in WA waters must stay 1,000 yards from endangered killer whales. How far is that?
A new law went into effect Jan. 1 that extends the buffer zone around endangered Southern Resident killer whales, punishable ...
Killer whale mom who carried her dead baby for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ocean gives birth to new calf
The bereaved whale mother who made headlines when she heartbreakingly grieved her dead baby for more than two weeks has given ...