J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

A white whale calf swimming with its mother off Australia created a memorable moment, while a pod of rare Baird's beaked ...

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in a harrowing tale of grief, has lost another baby, scientists revealed.. The orca ...

The whale in question, Tahlequah, a 25-year-old SRKW of the northwestern group left researchers dumbfounded in 2018 when she ...

The bereaved whale mother who made headlines when she heartbreakingly grieved her dead baby for more than two weeks has given birth to a new calf, scientists said.. The mama orca, named J35 by ...

From the entanglement of Shelagh, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, to the awe-inspiring appearance of the ...

Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island ...

Southern resident killer whales are using kelp for what scientists suspect are both hygienic and social purposes.

Keeping track of hundreds of orcas is being made simpler with the help of an AI algorithm that can identify individual killer whales with 92% accuracy.

A massive killer whale swam deep into Yaquina Bay, hunting alone and stunning onlookers. Here's what we know about T049C — and why he's so well known.

Read Full Story by Olivia Lloyd A video shows the endangered sea creature rolling and splashing. | Published March 4, 2025 | Read Full Story by Helena Wegner The species has only been documented off ...

Killer whales turn kelp stalks into tools that they use to groom each other while cleaning their own skin, too, observations ...