Southern resident killer whales face continuing degradation of their habitat by noise, contaminants, and declining quality ...

Tahlequah, the Southern Resident killer whale who famously carried her deceased calf for 17 days in 2018, has tragically lost her newest offspring. Tahlequah, a female orca born around 1998, endured ...

Off Baja California, in Mexico, a killer whale named after an Aztec emperor is leading his pod on routine takedowns of the ...

In Wyoming, moose worry about wolves and grizzlies. In coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, moose have to look ...

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over ...

“The death of any calf is a tremendous loss. But the death of J61 is particularly devastating - not just because she was a ...

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse along with her for more than two weeks in a ...

A pod of killer whales tried to catch a seal that hid in an ice floe. Source: Screenshot from the video by Oleksandr ...

All linked stories were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists. The world’s oceans are filled with mysterious giants, some rarely ever seen. This year, researchers discovered new animal ...

There appears to be new heartache for the orca nicknamed Tahlequah after researchers spotted her on Wednesday carrying her ...

A killer whale who captured the world’s attention after carrying the dead body of her calf for 17 days across the ocean while ...