The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just ...

Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." Scientists don't know whether orcas kill for fun. The marine mammals do some things, like killing and tossing dead porpoises in the air ...

Scientists said the presence of killer whale DNA on the great white shark was the result of a "true predation event".

The grieving killer whale mom and her family — Tahlequah has ... through the water since it was confirmed dead on New Year’s Eve after only a week, the Center for Whale Research announced ...

Tragically, by New Year’s Eve, the calf was confirmed dead, he said ... to recognize how strong the mother-calf bond is in killer whales (among the strongest social relationships in any animal ...

Over a year after a dead 15-foot shark was found with mysterious bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, DNA ...

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Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for at least 11 days. Tahlequah is the orca whose story shocked the world ...

In fact, killer whales often carry their deceased calves ... It is possible for a calf to appear dead but just be unconscious. In this case, continuing to care for them after an apparent death ...