Baby whale carcass discovered off La Jolla coast
Divers off the coast of La Jolla made an extraordinary discovery last week when they spotted the carcass of a baby whale on ...
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The concept of death isn't uniquely human. There's comfort in that
Maybe the story of the orca mom and her dead calf spoke to me when it made headlines six years ago because I was swimming ...
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.
15 splashy and stunning underwater wildlife images
“He released a shimmering trail of tiny microbubbles from his plumage, coating himself with a lubricating layer of air to cut ...
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How we can honor the orca Tahlequah’s grief
The loss of Tahlequah’s new calf (“ Orca Tahlequah’s new baby dies ,” Dec. 31, Climate Lab) and her all-too-familiar grief are heart-wrenching. It would be easy to despair and feel powerless. But ...
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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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What an Orca’s 1,000-Mile Swim Really Means
Barbara J. King, an anthropology professor at William & Mary College, has spent her career exploring the depth of animals' emotional lives.
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Federal agency backs down from protecting rare whale that calves off Florida
The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...
Two more North Atlantic right whale calves sighted, bringing total to 7 in 2024-2025
Two more North Atlantic right whale calves have been sighted off the coast of the southeastern U.S., bringing the total number of calves so far this calving sea ...