The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to ...
Grieving mother orca whale carries dead baby — again - Tahlequah had carried her other dead female calf for more than two ...
On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 died. Just a week earlier, researchers had proudly announced this new member of J pod, delivered by J35, Tahlequah.
Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...
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.
A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse along with her for more than two weeks in a ...
The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought bittersweet and exciting updates on Southern Resident killer whales.
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 ...
Animal lovers around the world have joined a southern resident killer whale in mourning after the news broke that she had ...
In December, news broke that Tahlequah, the orca who famously carried her dead calf for 17 days, had given birth. Sadly, it ...
Tahlequah, the Southern Resident killer whale who famously carried her deceased calf for 17 days in 2018, has tragically lost her newest offspring. Tahlequah, a female orca born around 1998, endured ...