Tahlequah, an orca whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving another loss. On Jan. 3, researchers ...

Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...

In 2018, scientists documented the same orca mother carrying her dead calf for 17 days across more than 1,000 miles of water.

The calf, designated J61, lived for only about a week before its death. The loss saddened scientists and marked a setback for the endangered Southern Resident orca population. Acc ...

Grieving mother orca whale carries dead baby — again - Tahlequah had carried her other dead female calf for more than two ...

In December, news broke that Tahlequah, the orca who famously carried her dead calf for 17 days, had given birth. Sadly, it ...

A grieving orca mother who made headlines more than six years ago for carrying her dead newborn calf for 17 days after its ...

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.

J61’s birth was of symbolic importance to the region. Her mother was Tahlequah, who 2018 carried her dead calf 1,000 miles ...

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 ...

The nature photographer had gone out looking for J61 to confirm she was still alive. “I yelled out to others on the beach, ...

Tahlequah, a mother orca whale known for grieving her 2018 newborn calf's death, welcomed a new calf in December. Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now believe that ...