What started as a typical surf session at Sunset Beach, Port Waikato, turned into a breathtaking encounter with nature for ...

Orca advocates are begging federal leaders to help keep the Puget Sound’s Southern Residents alive. Advocates say the Federal government is keeping a fish supply behind dams during a major salmon ...

Tahlequah, the killer whale also known as J35 ... the dead calf draped on top of her head and said that she appeared to dive for it when it sank from the surface, the National Oceanic and ...

One of the most compelling examples of animal grief she discusses is the case of Tahlequah, an orca whose “grief swim” in 2018, and now again in 2025, has captured global attention and ...

The grieving whale was most recently spotted carrying her daughter, who died on New Year's Eve, in Haro Strait on Jan. 10 ...

NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made ...

She couldn’t rest, or stop to eat, and she had to dive deep to retrieve her baby ... By analyzing hormones in southern resident killer whales’ feces, Wasser has helped show that members ...