A killer whale that sparked hope after being seen with a new calf six years after carrying her dead baby around has lost ...

An endangered orca mother has been carrying her dead newborn calf on her snout for nearly a week around Washington’s Puget ...

Tahlequah, an orca well-known for having carried her dead calf for over two weeks back in 2018, has been struck by a ...

Tahlequah first garnered worldwide recognition in 2018 when the killer whale carried her dead calf on the back for 17 days.

The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable.

The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to ...

The Southern Resident orca's J pod brought us grief and joy on the first day of 2025. SEATTLE — On this first day of the year, dozens of people chose to start 2025 at Constellation Park in West ...

In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.

On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 died. Just a week earlier, researchers had proudly announced this new member of J pod, delivered by J35, Tahlequah.

The entire team at the Center for Whale Research is deeply saddened by this news and we will continue to provide updates when ...