Her newest calf, a female known as J61 to researchers, was first spotted on December 20 in the Puget Sound area on Washington state’s northwest coast by members of the public. The National Oceanic and ...

The CWR said this behavior was seen previously in 2018 when she carried the body of her dead calf for 17 days.

Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.

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.

The killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has been spotted carrying the body of her dead calf, echoing her display of grief from ...

"New Year's Eve 2024 was a day of extreme highs and lows. We have confirmation of another new calf in J pod, but sadly, this was combined with the devastating news that J61 has not survived." The ...

"We have confirmation of another new calf in J pod, but sadly, this was combined with the devastating news that J61 has not survived." The CWR said they received reports on the evening of Dec. 30 ...

They mistakenly believed it was J61, the newest member of the Northwest’s endangered killer whales. She had not been seen for nearly a week. On Dec. 24, researchers had expressed concern that ...

The same whale that made world headlines in 2018 for pushing her dead newborn calf around for 17 days, has now spent at least ...

The Center for Whale Research first became aware of the new calf, named J61, on Dec. 20 Maya Sears, NMFS/NOAA Permit 27052 Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him ...

In December, the center determined Tahlequah had given birth again, identifying the newborn girl as J61. "New Year's Eve 2024 was a day of extreme highs and lows," the center wrote in a Wednesday ...