Southern Resident killer whales, one of several distinct orca communities that inhabit the Pacific Northwest, generally stay near British Columbia and Washington State, though some swim north to ...

An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf for more than two weeks was again spotted carrying the body of her newborn, just days after researchers confirmed she'd given birth.

The endangered population of orca whales in Washington State's Puget Sound has made global headlines in recent years. One mother whale became famous for carrying her dead calf on her nose in a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over ...

An orca who made headlines in 2018 for carrying around the body of her dead offspring ... That year, after a female calf died within a half hour of birth, the mother carried the body on her head with ...

SEATTLE – As Tahlequah carries her dead calf, scientists studying the endangered southern residents are concerned for the mother orca. On Christmas Eve it was confirmed she gave birth to a ...

Tahlequah, the mother orca who touched hearts worldwide in 2018 by carrying her dead calf for 17 days, has experienced another tragic loss. The Center for Whale Research (CWR) confirmed that J61 ...

The orca that captured worldwide attention in 2018 when she carried her deceased calf with her for 17 days appears to be grieving again. According to the Center for Whale Research, the mother ...

A grieving orca mother who made headlines more than six years ago for carrying her dead newborn ... While whale researchers mourned the loss of J61, there was some more positive news found from their ...

Michael Weiss, research director for the centre, told the news conference that other southern resident orcas have been observed carrying dead calves before, but not for weeks as J35 did in 2018.

"We know killer whales are highly intelligent, emotional, and have very strong family bonds — I see it as grief," said Tamara Kelley of the Orca Conservancy. "To see her carrying this other dead ...

The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought some bittersweet calf news as well as an exciting update for the community that follows Southern Resident killer whales, also known as orcas.