Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, ...

The southern resident orca population marked the turn of the year with both heartbreak and hope: the death of a newborn calf ...

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

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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 ...

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

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.

PUGET SOUND — You may remember orca mother, known as Tahlequah or J35, who carried her dead calf with her for 17 days in 2018 ...

Tahlequah, an orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles in 2018, lost another calf recently and ...

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

Orca researchers hope the Southern Resident population can grow to 80 to 90 whales in the next 50 years, which experts say will help them breathe a sigh of relief.