Then, almost a year later, on June 20, 2023, a pilot whale calf was again spotted within a group of orcas. As before, this group of orcas was known to the team as herring specialists.

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The researchers have no idea how this relationship got started or how long it lasted. “Whether the attraction between SN0540 and the pilot whale calf was mutual or one-sided is not known, nor is ...

A female orca appeared to adopt a baby pilot whale in the first known case of its kind. Scientists observed the orca caring for the calf in western Iceland in 2021, a new study says.

Scientists have recorded the first known case of a female orca looking after a pilot whale calf. The orca, known to scientists as "Sædís," was spotted swimming alongside the calf in the west of ...

Researchers have recorded an orca swimming with a pilot whale calf in a possible interspecies adoption, but how the two came together is a mystery. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Pilot whale females give birth every three to five years after a gestation period of about 15 months and will nurse the newborn for almost two years. A female calf can look forward to a lifespan ...

SEA BRIGHT -- A long-finned pilot whale that stranded at the beach here May 14 was euthanized by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center to prevent the animal from further suffering.

Many citizens have written to the Members of the European Parliament dealing with environmental issues and to the President of the European Parliament on this subject since June 2025 ...

A pilot whale died in Thailand June 1 after swallowing 80 plastic bags, despite a five-day rescue effort. (Video: Reuters) By Alex Horton.