The southern resident orca population marked the turn of the year with both heartbreak and hope: the death of a newborn calf ...
The Center for Whale Research has named the newborn killer whale female J61 Dave Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 ...
Orca Tahlequah, known for carrying her dead calf in 2018, has been spotted with a new calf, J61, a hopeful sign for the ...
Tahlequah is once again carrying a dead calf, researchers said, as she did in 2018 in a 17-day, 1,000-mile tour that shocked ...
Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...
The CWR said this behavior was seen previously in 2018 when she carried the body of her dead calf for 17 days.
Scientists have confirmed the most recent calf born to the endangered southern resident killer whales is a female.