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

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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 ...

The calf had died shortly after it was born, and the mother and her closely knit pod of whales were seen taking turns carrying the dead body. In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca ...

Killer whale J35 (also called Tahlequah) carrying a newly dead newborn calf in the Puget Sound off the coast of West Seattle, Washington on January 1, 2025. Photo / NOAA Fisheries / AFP “We hope ...

"It is a concern that she's expending a lot of energy to try to take care of this calf that she's lost," Hanson said. According to the center, the death of any Southern Resident killer whale calf ...

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...

J35, known by the nickname Talequah, is a member of the southern resident killer whale J pod and gave birth recently to a female calf. 0:35 New orca calf confirmed, another dead However ...

Tahlequah has been grieving the loss of her baby. In a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, an orca who made headlines in 2018 after it carried her dead calf for more than two weeks, has once ...

Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget Sound has also died and she’s unable to let go. By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it ...

another new calf, J62, was observed alive by officials and scientists.Southern resident orcas are endangered, and distinct from other killer whales because they eat salmon rather than marine mammals.