A deceased pygmy sperm whale calf was found washed up on the beach just east of South Beach Road in Buxton on Tuesday morning ...

The whale mother who embodied the sheer force of a mother's love in mourninghas lost another calf and is carrying its body ...

Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, ...

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

An endangered orca mother has been carrying her dead newborn calf on her snout for nearly a week around Washington’s Puget ...

Tahlequah, an orca well-known for having carried her dead calf for over two weeks back in 2018, has been struck by a ...

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is ...

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

The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable.

In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.

The calf was born in late December. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led ...