A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca.

Barbara J. King, an anthropology professor at William & Mary College, has spent her career exploring the depth of animals' emotional lives.

“Within eight million years, the ancestors of whales go from being fully terrestrial, such as the four-legged, furry ...

As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for the second time in seven years, researcher Barbara J. King says there’s no ...

The pace of salmon recovery work — and difficulty in funding these complex projects — is hindering our ability to recover ...

Koala and Curlew are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, which is unusual for ...

Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for ...

Tahlequah is not giving up. And neither can we. The southern resident orca, one of just 73 in existence, recently gave birth to a female calf in Puget Sound. Researchers ...

THE “world’s loneliest orca” who has been trapped in a tiny pool for 32 years is experiencing the "worst form of torture", experts claim. A devastating video shows Kshamenk barely able to ...

Scientists believe Tahlequah is expressing grief by continuing to push the calf's body, a behavior that expends valuable energy. While other orcas have been observed carrying their dead, Tahlequah ...

A killer whale that is part of a population struggling to survive appears to be grieving, carrying the carcass of her dead calf on her head, echoing the mourning behaviour she exhibited for 17 ...