What started as a typical surf session at Sunset Beach, Port Waikato, turned into a breathtaking encounter with nature for ...

The orca, identified as J35, lost her first calf in 2018 but was seen with a new female calf, known as J61, just before Christmas. A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead ...

The new calf has been identified as J62. Researchers do not yet know J62's gender or who J62's mother is. Southern resident killer whales are the only endangered population of killer whales in the ...

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...

Nine pilot whales were stranded at Farewell Spit, on New Zealand's south island, on Tuesday. Kara Tait, Maddie Gallagher and Sam Cleverley were among the volunteers who lent a hand in keeping the ...

after a group of 30 whales of a range of ages and sizes re-stranded near the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island, the third stranding in the area in the past two months. Volunteers from the ...

Photo / Centre for Whale Research A bereaved female killer whale who carried her dead ... her deceased calf in Puget Sound off Seattle on New Year’s Day. “J35 has been seen carrying the ...

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 ...