The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to ...

Tahlequah, an orca whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving another loss. On Jan. 3, researchers ...

An endangered orca who carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following the death of her new ...

Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...

Tahlequah, an orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles in 2018, lost another calf recently and ...

An orca famous for carrying a dead calf around has once again been spotted with a deceased newborn on her head in Puget Sound, but there's some good news for her endangered southern resident killer ...

A team of researchers observe the new calf and confirm it is female, but they are concerned about its health after it was ...

Animal lovers around the world have joined a southern resident killer whale in mourning after the news broke that she had ...

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.

The entire team at the Center for Whale Research is deeply saddened by this news and we will continue to provide updates when ...

In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.