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

Tahlequah, an orca mother known as J35, was observed carrying her dead calf across the waters near Washington State. The U.S.

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.

“It’s a very tragic tour of grief,” Center for Whale Research founder Ken Balcomb told public broadcaster NPR at the time. The centre said the loss of the latest female newborn was “particularly ...

Animal lovers around the world have joined a southern resident killer whale in mourning after the news broke that she had ...

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

"I think it's fair to say from a scientific perspective, if they have the same hardwiring, they're going to have the same emotions (as humans)." ...

The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.

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.

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

During a press briefing this week, scientists in the U.S. said they do not expect to be able to pinpoint the calf’s cause of ...

An orca famous for carrying a dead calf around has once again been spotted with a deceased newborn on her head in Puget Sound, but there's some good news for her endangered southern resident killer ...