An orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018 seems to be repeating the behavior with a newly deceased baby whale.
The mother and gender of the new calf is not yet confirmed. Baby orcas always face long odds of survival. Tahlequah's calf appeared to be having trouble from the start, with the mother often ...
Previously, she had carried another deceased baby on her back (NOAA Fisheries) After the orca had her calf die in 2018, she carried her baby’s body on her back for an unprecedented 17 days and ...
An endangered whale was spotted off Washington carrying her calf’s deceased body over a week after the baby was first ...
The killer whale calf was spotted in the Puget Sound area off Washington state several days ago. On Tuesday, the center determined J35, also known as Tahlequah, was the baby's mother. The calf, a girl ...
Whale watchers were relieved to see a baby orca off the Kitsap Peninsula’s Point No Point Monday afternoon. They mistakenly believed it was J61, the newest member of the Northwest’s endangered ...
SEATTLE -- An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf ...
The mother and gender of the new calf is not yet confirmed. Baby orcas always face long odds of survival. Tahlequah’s calf appeared to be having trouble from the start, with the mother often ...
Tahlequah carries her dead offspring on her head. Previously, she had carried another deceased baby on her back (NOAA Fisheries) After the orca had her calf die in 2018, she carried her baby’s ...