The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget Sound has also died and she’s unable to let go. By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it ...

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 has lost another calf, and seems to be repeating her prior show of grief. The killer whale mother is widely known ...

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 ...

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. – A grieving orca mother who made headlines more than six years ago for carrying her dead newborn calf for 17 days after its death is sadly repeating history after the death of ...

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.

The birth of an IVF calf bred to produce less methane could accelerate British farmers’ journey to net zero, scientists have said. The calf, named Hilda, is part of a project called Cool Cows ...

"Depending on who this group is that they're following, the new calf could be there, and that would be very unfortunate," Muul said. "We just lost a calf, and vessel disturbance is one of the top ...

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in a harrowing tale of grief, has lost another baby, scientists revealed.

The Center for Whale Research first became aware of the new calf, named J61, on Dec. 20 Maya Sears, NMFS/NOAA Permit 27052 Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him ...

The CWR said this behavior was seen previously in 2018 when she carried the body of her dead calf for 17 days. They also noted that they hope to have more information regarding the situation ...