Per The Seattle Times, researchers believe the mother orca's newborn calf, who the Center for Whale Research discovered the calf on Friday, Dec. 20, and given the alpha-numeric designation J61 ...

A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo.

An orca that captured the world’s attention in 2018 after she carried her dead newborn calf for weeks appears to be a new mother again, bringing a sign of hope to researchers. The Center for ...

Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days in 2018, has likely suffered another loss. Per The Seattle Times, researchers believe the mother orca's newborn ...

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. "Right whales have been ...

Scientists initially spotted the whale mom, known both as Tahlequah and J35, with a new female calf on Friday, Dec. 20 but were worried about the health of the baby when they got out on the water ...

An orca that carried her dead calf with her for days in 2018 appears to be repeating the behavior with a newly deceased baby whale. Scientists think the killer whale is likely to be expressing grief.

An endangered orca mother has been carrying her dead newborn calf on her snout for nearly a week around Washington’s Puget Sound. Whale watchers and researchers spotted the whale known as J35 ...

Two newborn calves were seen swimming with the region ... The endangered orcas eat Chinook and other salmon year-round. Autumn runs of chum and coho salmon in much of Puget Sound were abundant ...

Excitement over a newborn southern resident orca calf that was spotted with the population's J pod earlier this week has been muted by news that another calf has died. The Center for Whale ...