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A humpback whale cruised incognito alongside his vessel until its slick black body shot out of the ocean like a rocket before belly flopping in a spectacular breach in waters so close to the shore ...

A killer whale, which captured the world's attention in 2018 when it was spotted pushing the dead body of its newborn calf for 17 days, appears to be grieving again. The whale, known as Tahlequah ...

Whale J35 (known as Tahlequah) seen supporting the dead calf in 2018 A killer whale, which captured the world's attention in 2018 when it was spotted pushing the dead body of its newborn calf for ...

JUPITER, Fla. (WSVN) — It was a splashing sight off the coast of Florida as boaters shared a recent whale sighting. It happened Saturday outside the Jupiter Inlet when boaters Mike Lee and ...

A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body in an apparent act of grief ...

On Wednesday, a juvenile humpback whale was stranded along Richmond Pond Beach in Westport. "This is the 13th whale that has washed up dead in the past three weeks from Massachusetts to Kitty Hawk ...

Whale researchers in the Pacific Northwest reported a day of extreme highs and lows on the last day of 2024. On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 died.

Advertisement Each whale was accompanied by a newborn calf. Researchers said both whale moms are 20 years old. Caterpillar is a first-time mother, while Blackheart had one calf previously.

The Center for Whale Research (CWR) confirmed in a New Year’s Day Facebook post that an orca calf a female initially dubbed J61, birthed to J35, Tahlequah, died in recent days. Going further ...

Large quantities of dog food in Finland were found to contain illegally imported whale meat, officials said. Photo from Karl Heinz Muller, UnSplash About 80,000 pounds of illegally imported whale ...