Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte ...

The Center for Whale Research has named the newborn killer whale female J61 Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days, has given birth to her second baby ...

Scientists believe Tahlequah is expressing grief by continuing to push the calf's body, a behavior that expends valuable energy. While other orcas have been observed carrying their dead ...