An endangered orca mother has been carrying her dead newborn calf on her snout for nearly a week around Washington’s Puget ...
The calf was born in late December. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led ...
Tahlequah first garnered worldwide recognition in 2018 when the killer whale carried her dead calf on the back for 17 days.
The Center for Whale Research announced the addition of a new calf in J pod along with the news of the recent passing of one ...
In 2018, scientists documented the same orca mother carrying her dead calf for 17 days across more than 1,000 miles of water.
The nature photographer had gone out looking for J61 to confirm she was still alive. “I yelled out to others on the beach, ...
Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days in 2018, has likely suffered another loss ...
Tahlequah, an orca whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving another loss. On Jan. 3, researchers ...
The Southern Resident orca's J pod brought us grief and joy on the first day of 2025. SEATTLE — On this first day of the year, dozens of people chose to start 2025 at Constellation Park in West ...
An endangered orca who carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following the death of her new calf.
And now, on Jan.1, 2025, she again has been seen carrying the body of her deceased calf (J61) with her, according to the ...
Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...