Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets. Tahlequah first made headlines in 2018 after taking a different dead calf ...

She has been carrying the calf, a female dubbed J61, through the water since it was confirmed dead on New Year’s Eve after only a week, the Center for Whale Research announced on Jan. 1.

(CNN) — Tahlequah, the mother orca denoted as J35 who captured hearts worldwide in 2018 by carrying her dead calf for 17 days and over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), is ...

Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 1,000 miles over 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, raising concerns about her health.

Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 1,000 miles over 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, raising concerns about her health.

– Jan 3, 2025 An orca who made international headlines in 2018 when she carried her dead calf with her for more than two weeks has now been photographed carrying another dead calf.

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.

In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget Sound off West Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

Photo courtesy of Center for Whale Research Facebook Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The orca nicknamed Tahlequah was spotted carrying her new calf on her head, much the way she did another calf six years ago.

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, in ...