Maybe the story of the orca mom and her dead calf spoke to me when it made headlines six years ago because I was swimming ...

In December, news broke that Tahlequah, the orca who famously carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, had given birth again. Sadly, it appears that the new calf died as well. Now, the grieving ...

Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.

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

Salmon are struggling to survive. So are the families of endangered southern resident orcas, with a population of just 73, ...

This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles. Tahlequah was last seen still carrying her ...

The federal measures put in place to protect the endangered orcas since the last ministerial assessment in 2018 have proven ...

Have you ever wondered whether your dog or cat experiences feelings of joy and sadness? How about whether or not wild animals love and grieve? Barbara J. King, an emerita professor of anthropology at ...

Tahlequah, the mother orca denoted as J35 who captured hearts worldwide in 2018 by carrying her dead calf for 17 days and over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), is once again displaying a similar ...