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 ...

You can continue reading to learn more about Tahlequah, the killer whale carrying her dead baby, including what experts believe is behind the loss of her second calf. On Dec. 20, 2024, those who knew ...

Orcas, or killer whales, also adopted a bizarre behavior during this time that could only be described as a fad—balancing dead salmon on their heads like aquatic hats. Just as quickly as this ...

Tahlequah, the orca whale also known as J35, who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving once again. On Jan. 1, the Center for Whale Research confirmed that Tahelequah's latest calf ...

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.

In December 2014, we wrote in a commentary in the Times Colonist that said “southern resident killer whales are no better off now than when they were listed as endangered 15 years ago.” ...

The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident population, a federally protected endangered group of fish-eating killer whales stretching from British ...

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 ...

Similar behavior can also be seen in other socially cohesive animals with relatively long life spans, such as primates and dolphins, he added.Calf mortality is high: Only about 1 in 5 orca pregnancies ...