The U.S. Navy’s Orca drone, also known as the Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV), has been in development for years, but will soon be in the hands of sailors as the sea service works to ...

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The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

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Serial killer movies are interesting, to say the least. Interesting, not just from a storytelling point of view but also because of the fact that they are so popular despite their central subjects ...

A humpback whale was spotted leaping from the water off the Sussex coast. Kitty Dale spotted the whale from Hastings seafront yesterday, January 3. She said: "I’d just had lunch at the White ...

A reader sent fascinating video footage to this newspaper of what looked like a whale in the sea at Hastings. The video, taken by Ricky Martin, showed what appeared to be a large animal breaking the ...

This was not the mother’s first time losing a child. In 2018, the endangered orca known as Tahlequah carried the body of her dead calf for at least 17 days, traversing more than 1,000 miles of ...

For decades, Harold Shipman was known as "the good doctor", a GP in the British town of Hyde, who was always happy to make house calls to visit his elderly patients. But behind the friendly facade ...

And one of the scientists is looking for one killer whale in particular. But their mission is not just to deepen our understanding of this extraordinary hunting behaviour. The team are also intent ...

An orca who drew international attention when she carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles seven years ago is experiencing heartbreak all over again. Scientists initially ...

A killer whale that is part of a population struggling to survive appears to be grieving, carrying the carcass of her dead calf on her head, echoing the mourning behaviour she exhibited for 17 ...