A mother killer whale's 'grief procession' for her dead newborn calf has come to an end. Observed swimming with other members ...

Puget Sound was a global kelp capital for millennia. If we work together, we can enlist the next generation of ...

Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers ...

Today, there are only 73 southern resident orcas left, fewer than when they were listed for protection, and their risk of extinction is accelerating.

The documentary tells the story of the last southern resident killer whale held in captivity, and the efforts of two Lummi women to bring the orca home to a net pen sanctuary.

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Backbone Campaign interpreted Tahlequah’s heroic journey in 2018 as a call to action. It turned its energy, creative tools ...

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 like humans.

VICTORIA - A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago has recently been spotted still carrying the newborn’s carcass in waters off Victoria. The Center for Whale Research says ...

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

adUnit: “htv-wbalradio.com/WBAL_OnDemandVideo_Preroll”, An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for ...