A killer whale mother who carried her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent show of grief has given birth to a new calf, scientists have said. The orca, named Tahlequah and known to researchers as ...

NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least ... KOMO. The grieving killer whale mom and her family — Tahlequah has two living sons — were ...

Tahlequah, the mother orca denoted as J35 who captured hearts worldwide in 2018 by carrying her dead calf for 17 days and ... exclusively fish-eating killer whale communities in the northeast ...

A newborn orca calf, designated as J61, is shown with its mother near Puget Sound, Wash., Photo courtesy of the Center for Whale Research Facebook Couple Who Live in a Remote Off-Grid Homestead in ...

A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body in an apparent act of grief.

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.

The killer whale calf was spotted in the Puget Sound area off Washington state several days ago. On Tuesday, the center determined J35, also known as Tahlequah, was the baby's mother. The calf ...

A killer whale calf is shown travelling with her mother, J35, also known as Tahlequah, in the Puget Sound area in this December 2024 handout photo. The Center for Whale Research announced on Jan.

The calf was female, and the killer whale population is endangered and matrilineal, contributing to the gravity of her passing. On a brighter note, the second newborn (J62) appears to be in sound ...

Dec. 26 (UPI) --The killer whale that carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks for 1,000 miles in 2018 has a new baby, according to the Center for Whale Research. The heartbreaking ...