An orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018 seems to be repeating the behavior with a newly deceased baby whale. Researchers say it's a show of grief.
with 73 orcas remaining. They must contend with a dearth of their preferred prey, Chinook salmon, as well as pollution and vessel noise, which hinders their hunting. Researchers have warned they are ...
Tahlequah, an orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles in 2018, lost another calf recently and is grieving the death in a similar way.
Tahlequah, an orca mother known as J35, was observed carrying her dead calf across the waters near Washington State. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared images of ...
A video posted by Aquatic Mammals depicts the orcas eating the prey. “I was definitely surprised by how close the killer whales were to the anglers,” Ochoa told McClatchy News. But ...
The study notes that the orcas' prey species are "culturally and economically important to Indigenous communities, so these species also merit conservation and management concern in light of ...
with 73 orcas remaining. They must contend with a dearth of their preferred prey, Chinook salmon, as well as pollution and vessel noise, which hinders their hunting. Researchers have warned they ...