Orca

Grieving Orca Whale Releases Dead Calf After More Than Two Weeks

Tahlequah, whose newborn died on July 24, was spotted swimming without her calf's body on Saturday.
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Mother Orca Spotted Carrying Dead Calf For 17th Day

“I think it’s really easy to put human emotions on it, but personally I think it’s accurate. I think she is grieving,” a University of Washington scientist says.
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A Mother Orca Is Still Carrying Her Dead Calf, 10 Days Later

Tahlequah has swum hundreds of miles during her grand act of grief.
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Grieving Mother Orca Whale Carries Dead Calf For Days

It's yet another loss for the Pacific Northwest's starving orca population.
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SeaWorld Orca Dies After Long Battle With Lung Infection

Kasatka was born in the wild, and had numerous descendants at SeaWorld.
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SeaWorld's Last Orca Calf Born In Captivity Has Died

Kyara, who was 3 months old, was the last orca born from the park's now-discontinued breeding program.
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Watch Orca Pack Hunt Yet Another Whale Calf During 'Unprecedented' Killing Spree

The pod of orcas has killed four gray whale calves off California's coast in just seven days.
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SeaWorld Whale Tilikum Has Died

Tilikum, the SeaWorld orca whale profiled in the film ‘Blackfish,’ has died.
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Tilikum, Orca At The Center Of SeaWorld Controversy, Has Died

The whale’s involvement in a trainer’s death inspired the 2013 documentary “Blackfish.”
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Scientists Say 'Granny,' The World's Oldest Known Orca, Is Most Likely Dead

The Puget Sound whale may have been over 100 years old.
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