In the summer of 2018, off the coast of British Columbia, an orca named Tahlequah gave birth. When the calf died after 30 ...

Evidence that animals mourn the death of loved ones is growing, but we should be wary of letting our biases cloud this topic, ...

But this is precisely what understanding death essentially means: grasping that a dead individual can no longer do what they ...

Both situations look like the human version of grief. Consider the case of Tahlequah, a female orca who seemed unable to ...

The question isn’t whether other creatures share our concept of mortality; it’s whether any living being truly grasps what it ...

Southern Resident killer whales visited the southern waters of the Salish Sea over the last two weeks, swimming by Vashon and ...

Afflicted by this bias, comparative thanatologists have been looking for manifestations of grief in animals, exemplified by ...

They are also profound in their emotional capacity. This story of an orca mother, Tahlequah, serves as a testament to the depths of orca emotions and maternal bonds. From the mourning journey of a ...

The Seattle Times environment reporter Lynda V. Mapes visited UW on Oct. 16 to speak about her career with the publication, specifically her reporting on the lives of Orcas in Puget Sound.

(Stevens, 10/28) In the summer of 2018, off the coast of British Columbia, an orca named Tahlequah gave birth. When the calf died after just half an hour, Tahlequah refused to let go. For more than ...