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 ...

For a second time, the world watched as Tahlequah, an endangered southern resident killer whale, struggled to keep her dead newborn calf afloat in the Salish Sea.

Research confirms a great white shark that washed up on a beach in south-west Victoria was the victim of killer whale ...

Beach rubbing, when animals swim close to shore to rub their bellies on smooth pebbles, is thought to help scrape off dead ...

An 'imminent threat' assessment in November 2024 set a ticking legal clock that requires two ministers to recommend an ...

In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...

The population of southern resident killer whales — three pods of fish-eating ... Other southern resident orcas have been observed carrying dead calves, Weiss said, “but certainly not for ...

VICTORIA - A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago has recently been spotted still carrying the newborn ...

The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths intermingle in a vast web of ecosystems and ...