The grieving whale was most recently spotted carrying her daughter, who died on New Year's Eve, in Haro Strait on Jan. 10 ...

Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.

They don’t know precisely why the young whale died less than ... southern residents are the only orcas known to form “superpods” — boisterous family reunions the entire population attends.

Researchers said J35, also known as Tahlequah, was spotted Jan. 10 in Haro Strait off San Juan Island with the body of her ...

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This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 ...

The Center for Whale Research first became aware of the new calf, named J61, on Dec. 20 Maya Sears, NMFS/NOAA Permit 27052 Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him ...

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

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 mother orca that has been carrying her dead calf in the waters of B.C. was spotted earlier this week, making it at least ...

For at least 11 days, a mother killer whale has been carrying the body of her dead newborn calf. Only a handful of days old, ...