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

The calf was born in late December. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led ...

In 2018, scientists documented the same orca mother carrying her dead calf for 17 days across more than 1,000 miles of water.

Tahlequah, an orca whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving another loss. On Jan. 3, researchers ...

The nature photographer had gone out looking for J61 to confirm she was still alive. “I yelled out to others on the beach, ...

Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days in 2018, has likely suffered another loss ...

Tahlequah, a mother orca who gained fame in 2018 for carrying her deceased calf on her back, has lost another child — and ...

In a day of sadness and surprise, researchers on Puget Sound on Tuesday found J61, the new calf born to mother orca Tahlequah ...

The Center for Whale Research announced the addition of a new calf in J pod along with the news of the recent passing of one ...

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

The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought bittersweet and exciting updates on Southern Resident killer whales.

Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...