The young orca had been found alone hundreds of miles from home. After treatment, transport and weeks inside a temporary sea pen, one final question remained: could she truly return […]
At 2:45 in the afternoon on 14 July 2002, in a small bay on the north end of Vancouver Island, someone lowered a section of net. There was a young […]
The calf remained close to the black mesh. Every small wave lifted its body toward the floating rope, then carried it back into the enclosure. The net was not wrapped […]
Researchers off Dominica thought they were recording unusual group behavior. What unfolded became one of the most detailed whale births ever documented. The ocean below the research drone looked unusually […]
The seal had already lost its safest place. Moments earlier, it had been resting on a piece of Antarctic ice while killer whales moved beneath the surface nearby. The predators […]
At first, the fin moving toward Adam Walker looked like the last thing an exhausted swimmer wanted to see in open water. It was approaching quickly through the cold, rough […]
From the cliff above the bay, the problem looked painfully simple. The calf was inside. Its mother was outside. Only a narrow opening between two dark rocky points separated them. […]
The world had spent years trying to give Keiko one thing. Freedom. He had been lifted from a cramped amusement-park pool, rehabilitated in cold seawater, flown back to Iceland and […]
Why Did Tilikum’s Dorsal Fin Collapse? The Truth Behind His Most Recognizable Feature Tilikum was impossible to mistake for another orca. His enormous black body rose heavily through the water, […]
Each time her newborn slipped beneath the surface, the mother orca brought it back. What followed continued for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles.