The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just like humans.

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35 ... Chinook salmon, as well as pollution and vessel noise, which hinders their hunting. Researchers have warned they are on the brink of extinction.

All eight Orca-class vessels came together for a joint exercise on that extended into the Strait of Juan de Fuca ...

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound ... as well as increasing pollution and boat disturbances in the Salish Sea, which encompasses Puget Sound, according to the U.S ...