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

The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought some bittersweet calf news as well as an exciting update for the community that follows Southern Resident killer whales, also known as orcas.

A killer whale mom ... “Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year,” the Center for Whale Research posted to Facebook just four days ...

In December 2014, we wrote in a commentary in the Times Colonist that said “southern resident killer whales are no better off now than when they were listed as endangered 15 years ago.” ...

The cause of death of the calf is unclear, but experts shared that the first year of life for a young killer whale is the most critical and dangerous. "I sort of thought at one point, okay ...

Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget Sound has also died and she’s unable to let go. By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it ...

Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two genetically distinct populations being identified by Canadian scientists. But ...

An orca who made ... the Center for Whale Research said last month it was worried for the calf's health based on the behavior of both the calf and the mother. "Early life is always dangerous ...

Tahlequah, the killer whale also known as J35 ... in the waters off Washington and British Columbia, Canada. “Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate ...

The female killer whale J35 with her newborn calf J61, who died ... but soon suspected the newborn was suffering health problems. “Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high ...

A bereaved female killer whale who carried her dead calf for more than two weeks in 2018 has again lost a newborn and is bearing its body, US marine researchers said. Scientists say whales are ...

“The death of any calf in the Southern Resident killer whale population is a tremendous ... noting that “early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in ...