The month of December brought the endangered Southern Resident killer whales sadness and joy.
The loss of Tahlequah’s new calf (“ Orca Tahlequah’s new baby dies ,” Dec. 31, Climate Lab) and her all-too-familiar grief ...
In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...
A January 2025 article from the BBC’s Jasmin Fox-Skelly details numerous examples, from an elderly elephant shedding tears and eventually succumbing to grief after an elephant she had befriended died ...
Computer models helped decode whale communication. But some scientists say there are barriers that cannot be overcome.
Mother orca 'appeared to be trying to keep it (calf) from sinking' off Canada's Vancouver Island, says Center for Whale ...
The pace of salmon recovery work — and difficulty in funding these complex projects — is hindering our ability to recover ...
A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago was spotted recently in waters off Victoria, B.C., still ...
The calf was reported to have died around New Year’s Eve and the mother was seen pushing the remains, just as she had done in ...
The mother orca that has been carrying her dead calf in the waters of B.C. was spotted earlier this week, making it at least ...