Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.

“As with last time, I think it’s enough to recognize how strong the mother-calf bond is in killer whales (among the strongest social relationships in any animal), and to see that she is clearly not ...

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in a harrowing tale of grief, has lost another baby, scientists revealed.

Scientists are unsure what caused the female calf’s death but believe it was born prematurely. About 50% of orca babies die within a year. The population of southern resident killer whales has ...

Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.

The new calf has been identified as J62. Researchers do not yet know J62's gender or who J62's mother is. Southern resident killer whales are the only endangered population of killer whales in the ...

There was some good news for the J pod, however: another new calf, J62, was observed alive by officials and scientists. Southern resident orcas are endangered, and distinct from other killer whales ...

In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...

Mother orca 'appeared to be trying to keep it (calf) from sinking' off Canada's Vancouver Island, says Center for Whale ...

The Center for Whale Research first became aware of the new calf, named J61, on Dec. 20 Maya Sears, NMFS/NOAA Permit 27052 Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him ...

An orca who touched the hearts of people around the world in 2018 after she carried her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent show of grief has given birth again. The killer whale, named ...

The calf was female, and the killer whale population is endangered and matrilineal, contributing to the gravity of her passing. On a brighter note, the second newborn (J62) appears to be in sound ...