In a day of sadness and surprise, researchers on Puget Sound on Tuesday found J61, the new calf born to mother orca Tahlequah ... calf is not yet confirmed. Baby orcas always face long odds ...

Newborn southern resident killer whale, J62, swims alongside J41, believed to be its mother. Photo: NMFS 27038/DFO SARA 388 /Center for Whale Research ...

In a day of sadness and surprise, researchers on Puget Sound on Tuesday found J61, the new calf born to mother orca Tahlequah ... calf is not yet confirmed. Baby orcas always face long odds ...

The baby Southern Resident killer whale was confirmed dead Dec. 31, the Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post. “The death of any calf in the SRKW population is a tremendous loss ...

Previously, she had carried another deceased baby on her back (NOAA Fisheries) After the orca had her calf die in 2018, she carried her baby’s body on her back for an unprecedented 17 days and ...

The orca was spotted carrying the body of another newborn calf just days after researchers believe that she gave birth to a new baby girl. Casual observers and experts are sharing their sorrow for the ...

A Southern Resident killer whale baby is pictured before its death.

A female orca who went viral while carrying her dead baby for hundreds of miles in 2018 has lost another child — mere days after it was born. The killer whale, officially named J35, was spotted ...

Baby orcas have perhaps a 50-per-cent mortality rate, although it’s a very rough estimate, the director of marine mammal research at the institute for oceans and fisheries in UBC’s zoology ...