That Mourning Orca Whale Mother Should Be a Wake-Up Call

Ten dreadful days. That's how long Tahlequah, the female orca also known as J-35, has been carrying her dead calf in mourning through the Pacific Northwest's Salish Sea. The female baby orca lived a mere half hour after being born July 24. Its body has begun to decompose, but that hasn't kept the mother from holding...