Risso’s dolphins are closely related to pilot whales, pygmy killer whales, melon-headed whales, and false killer whales.

State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on a beach in Kihei.

However, the mother and calf were already behaving unusually, which made scientists with the Center for Whale Research concerned for the health of the baby whale. Unfortunately, their worries were ...

NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made ...

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 ...

The calf was female, and the killer whale population is endangered and matrilineal, contributing to the gravity of her passing. On a brighter note, the second newborn (J62) appears to be in sound ...

Named "Caterpillar" and "Blackheart," the whales are both 20 years old, FWC said. For "Caterpillar," the calf is her first. Both were sighted in the Southeast US calving grounds earlier this ...

Two melon-headed whales stranded in December, one on Tybee Island and the other on Sea Island, marking the first documented ...

The bodies of two male melon-headed whales were found 50 miles apart along the southeastern coast of the United States.

J35, also known as Tahlequah, is seen pushing her dead calf, J61, near Seattle, Wash., on Jan. 1. (NOAA Fisheries) The post detailing the sighting says observers "were not seeing much of the ...

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.