The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just like humans.

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Her dream is to collect the poop of a pack-ice killer whale, something never done before ... before – an hours-long teaching session, where adult females demonstrate hunting skills to their ...

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

A female killer whale gives birth to one calf at a time every three to 10 years. Orcas work together to take care of the young. Female killer whales live to be around 50 years old, but some orcas ...

A newborn killer whale calf spotted off the southern coast of WA could be one of the youngest ever seen in Australian waters.

Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

For the next half-hour, the two adult orcas, by turns ... They concluded, “this documented event of killer whale predation on a sperm whale in the Caribbean Sea serves as a critical addition ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. In Antarctica, killer whales hunt using their intelligence and teamwork. Swimming ...

the attack was already underway when they arrived as the killer whales were observed coordinating their attack on the sperm whale in waves," the study said. For the next half-hour, the two adult ...