Tahlequah, a mother orca who gained fame in 2018 for carrying her deceased calf on her back, has lost another child — and ...
One of Washington’s beloved Southern Resident Orcas is breaking hearts across the world again. In 2018, Tahlequah garnered ...
The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to ...
In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.
Tahlequah, an orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles in 2018, lost another calf recently and ...
Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...
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 calf.
Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.
Whale researchers in the Pacific Northwest reported a day of extreme highs and lows on the last day of 2024. On the low side, ...
The Center for Whale Research did not specify what sparked the concern, but the Seattle-based Orca Conservancy wrote on social media last year that researchers believed J61 was born prematurely.