Young whale, likely hit by ship, washes ashore in Huntington Beach
A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca.
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Southern Resident orca seen carrying deceased calf once again: what we can learn from Tahlequah’s second tour of grief
In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...
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For the Losing Side, an Election Can Be a Small Death
We suffer from many losses in life; being on the losing side of a presidential election is one of them. There is utility in ...
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Mother Orca Still Carrying Dead Calf After 11 Days — Over 6 Years After Her First 'Tour of Grief' with Different Baby
NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made ...
Russia forms emergency task force as Kerch Strait oil spill continues to spread
An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday after an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from ...
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South Africa seal ten-wicket win despite Pakistan's great resistance
South Africa 615 (Rickelton, Bavuma 106, Verreynne 100, Abbas 3-94) and 61 for no loss (Bedingham 47*) beat Pakistan 194 (Babar 58, Rabada 3-55) and 478 (Masood 145, Babar 81, Rabada 3-115 ...
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Orca who carried dead calf’s body for weeks has lost another offspring
The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...
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Endangered whales—one a first-time mom—spotted with calves off Florida
Two rare female whales have been documented off the coast of Florida, each with a calf, marine surveyors said. The 20-year-old whale mothers, named Blackheart and Caterpillar, were seen Dec. 30 ...
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Grieving mother orca whale carries dead baby — again
She only lived for around a week and has been dead for a few days. “The death of any calf in the Southern Resident killer whale population is a tremendous loss, but the death of J61 is particularly ...
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This orca’s grief stunned the world. Now she’s mourning the loss of another calf.
Larson suggested that the calf could also have suffered from genetic problems as a result of inbreeding — a by-product of the southern residents’ tiny population size. Or the infant whale may ...
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Deceased whale calf discovered on Maui shore
A deceased humpback whale was found in Kihei the morning of Jan. 3, prompting a response from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement, DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources and ...