Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them.

It was far tinier than normal and lacked an infant orca’s characteristic black-and-pale-orange coloration ... an entirely different species: a baby pilot whale. She and her team observed ...

Over the past few years, baby pilot whales—tiny and vulnerable—have been spotted swimming alongside pods of powerful orcas. But what happens to these calves after their mysterious encounters remains ...

The bereaved whale mother who made headlines when she heartbreakingly grieved her dead baby for more than two weeks has given birth to a new calf, scientists said. The mama orca, named J35 by ...

"At first, we were like, 'Oh my god, this killer whale calf has a problem,'" the researcher said of the bulbous-headed baby she and her team first spotted back in 2022. It looked at first glance ...

Tahlequah, a mother orca ... Whale Research wrote in a Facebook post. open image in gallery Tahlequah carries her dead offspring on her head. Previously, she had carried another deceased baby ...

The killer whale calf was spotted in the Puget Sound area off Washington state several days ago. On Tuesday, the center determined J35, also known as Tahlequah, was the baby's mother. The calf ...

The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted swimming in the Salish Sea off Washington, photos show. Big Mama ...

The Southern Resident killer whale baby was discovered April 6 in the Salish Sea, the Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post. The pod was swimming past Victoria Harbour, which is on ...

A new orca whale calf spotted in Puget ... Washington. The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) first saw this new baby whale with a group of orcas on March 20 in the eastern Juan de Fuca ...