The birth of a healthy female calf is crucial ... especially Chinook salmon. Mother orca Tahlequah, orca J35, shocked the world back in August 2018 by carrying her dead calf, which lived only ...

The Center for Whale Research confirmed Sunday that the new orca calf ... The calf’s birth was confirmed in late December, and within a week, the calf died. The mother, Tahlequah, gained ...

The encounter near the U.S. San Juan Islands east of Victoria showed orca calf J62 swimming alongside other members of J Pod.

That prompted its mother, J35, or Tahlequah, to carry and push the dead calf for several days, something she had done previously with another lost calf. All eyes are now on J62. “The birth of ...

Researchers say they’re “cautiously optimistic” about the health of a new southern resident killer whale calf after drone video showed the calf swimming with its pod east of Vancouver Island in late ...