The Natural History Museum of Utah is making a splash with its latest exhibit, "Orcas: Our Shared Future," a fascinating journey into the world of one of the oc ...

A mother killer whale's 'grief procession' for her dead newborn calf has come to an end. Observed swimming with other members ...

Puget Sound was a global kelp capital for millennia. If we work together, we can enlist the next generation of ...

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Orcas are the largest members of the dolphin family. Males are bigger than females, but they both vary in size and weight. The largest orca ever recorded was a staggering 32 feet (9.8 meters ...

Orcas live in family groups (pods) of up to 50 individuals, sometimes including four generations. The oldest female leads the group. She knows best where to find good food and how to best behave in ...

2:11 Orca carries body of her dead calf, just as she did for weeks in 2018 As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island ...

The dorsal fin of the orca known as J35, or Tahlequah, is seen above the ocean surface as she pushes her dead newborn calf, J61, with her snout on Jan. 1. (NOAA Fisheries) Researchers expressed ...

Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of ...

This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 ... That evening, the southern resident family, part of J pod, headed west in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Tagging data and the acoustic ...

The experiment conducted with Wikie is not merely about teaching a whale to say “hello”; it delves into the depths of orca intelligence and social behavior. Researchers tasked Wikie with imitating ...