The fate of two killer whales is uncertain following the closure of a marine zoo on Sunday. Campaigners and the zoo's ...

Vantage with Palki Sharma A grieving mother orca is once again carrying her dead calf, echoing a heartbreaking event from 2018. Across the world, killer whales are facing a crisis. From near-extinct ...

The southern resident orca population marked the turn of the year with both heartbreak and hope: the death of a newborn calf ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still ...

The calf adds to the stressors facing the southern resident orcas, especially Tahlequah, a mother already caring for other ...

They chat companionably and have babysitting groups. They know, and vocalise, the pain of bereavement and separation. If a killer whale matriarch dies traumatically, the psychological scars can be ...

Tahlequah first garnered worldwide recognition in 2018 when the killer whale carried her dead calf on the back for 17 days.

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving ...

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.

An orca famous for carrying a dead calf around has once again been spotted with a deceased newborn on her head in Puget Sound, but there's some good news for her endangered southern resident killer ...

In December 2014, we wrote in a commentary in the Times Colonist that said “southern resident killer whales are no better off now than when they were listed as endangered 15 years ago.” ...

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...