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

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

Tahlequah, the mother orca denoted as J35 who captured hearts worldwide in 2018 by carrying her dead calf for 17 days and over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), is once again displaying a similar act of ...

The Center for Whale Research did not specify what sparked the concern, but the Seattle-based Orca Conservancy wrote on social media last year that researchers believed J61 was born prematurely.

"The death of J61 is particularly devastating ... calves – both of which were female," wrote the CWR. ALSO SEE: J pod orca who pushed dead calf for 1,000 miles gives birth to new baby The ...

Per The Seattle Times, researchers believe the mother orca's newborn calf, who the Center for Whale Research discovered the calf on Friday, Dec. 20, and given the alpha-numeric designation J61 ...

Garrett is the founder of the Orca Network and added that researchers are pointing most likely to malnutrition as the cause behind J61's death. Samish Indian Nation's Chairman Tom Wooten said his ...

“We have confirmation of another new calf in J pod, but sadly, this was combined with the devastating news that J61 has not survived.” A team from the centre hit the water on Dec. 30 after ...

Whale watchers were relieved to see a baby orca off the Kitsap Peninsula’s Point No Point Monday afternoon. They mistakenly believed it was J61, the newest member of the Northwest’s endangered ...

the Center for Whale Research confirmed orca J35 Tahlequah birthed new calf J61. However, the report is bittersweet as researchers voiced their concerns for its survival. SR3 SeaLife Response ...

J35 is an experienced mother, and we hope that she is able to keep J61 alive through these difficult early days,” the post read.According to Orca Conservancy on X, worrying behavior had been ...