Dec. 20, reports of a new orca baby had been spotted with J-pod. Over that weekend, the weather turned stormy, and the dark ...

A killer whale that sparked hope after being seen with a new calf six years after carrying her dead baby around has lost ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still ...

An endangered orca mother has been carrying her dead newborn calf on her snout for nearly a week around Washington’s Puget ...

Tahlequah, an orca well-known for having carried her dead calf for over two weeks back in 2018, has been struck by a ...

Tahlequah first garnered worldwide recognition in 2018 when the killer whale carried her dead calf on the back for 17 days.

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.

The Southern Resident orca's J pod brought us grief and joy on the first day of 2025. SEATTLE — On this first day of the year, dozens of people chose to start 2025 at Constellation Park in West ...

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

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.

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another sign of ...