In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...
Barbara J. King, an anthropology professor at William & Mary College, has spent her career exploring the depth of animals' emotional lives.
Computer models helped decode whale communication. But some scientists say there are barriers that cannot be overcome.
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The two orcas -- also known as killer whales -- themselves face an uncertain future. Animal activists had been angered by Marineland's plans to transfer its two killer whales to Japan, a move ...
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Meet Wall-E, Dumpling, Polaris, Peter Rabbit, and Hopscotch. They are five of the 20 Atlantic right whales recently named by scientists at the New England Aquarium as part of an annual tradition ...