In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days ... The population of southern resident killer whales — three pods of fish-eating orcas that frequent the waters between ...
Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.
Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for ...
This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 ...
Only a handful of days old, the female calf was confirmed dead on New Year's Eve. The next day, the southern resident orca ...
SEATTLE — The mother orca known as J35, or Tahlequah, has been seen carrying her deceased calf for at least 11 days, drawing attention to the critically endangered southern resident killer whales.