The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

The Colorado River—once mighty, now dwindling. What drains this lifeline of the Southwest? The answer is a tangled web of ...

"Killer whales are highly social animals, as social as we [humans] are, and they depend on social bonds. They have established those bonds with their trainers … They depend on humans and that is ...

The study says the orcas could also affect humans, by "adding top-down pressure on Arctic food webs crucial to northern communities' social and economic well-being." It says killer whales in the ...

In 2023 the marine biologist published The Killer Whale Journals, which details her decades long interest in the ocean predator and how they behave. "Those whales, that have spent their entire lives ...