The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to ...
The Southern Resident orca's J pod brought us grief and joy on the first day of 2025. SEATTLE — On this first day of the year, dozens of people chose to start 2025 at Constellation Park in West ...
The Center for Whale Research announced the addition of a new calf in J pod along with the news of the recent passing of one ...
Tahlequah, a mother orca who gained fame in 2018 for carrying her deceased calf on her back, has lost another child — and ...
In 2018, scientists documented the same orca mother carrying her dead calf for 17 days across more than 1,000 miles of water.
There appears to be new heartache for the orca nicknamed Tahlequah after researchers spotted her on Wednesday carrying her ...
The nature photographer had gone out looking for J61 to confirm she was still alive. “I yelled out to others on the beach, ...
Tahlequah, an orca whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving another loss. On Jan. 3, researchers ...
Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...
In a day of sadness and surprise, researchers on Puget Sound on Tuesday found J61, the new calf born to mother orca Tahlequah ...
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.
The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought bittersweet and exciting updates on Southern Resident killer whales.