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 ...

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over ...

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 ...

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.

In 2018, scientists documented the same orca mother carrying her dead calf for 17 days across more than 1,000 miles of water.

In December, news broke that Tahlequah, the orca who famously carried her dead calf for 17 days, had given birth. Sadly, it ...

The nature photographer had gone out looking for J61 to confirm she was still alive. “I yelled out to others on the beach, ...

The Center for Whale Research did not specify what sparked the concern, but the Seattle-based Orca Conservancy wrote on social media last year that researchers believed J61 was born prematurely.

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

J61’s birth was of symbolic importance to the region. Her mother was Tahlequah, who 2018 carried her dead calf 1,000 miles ...

Tahlequah, a mother orca whale known for grieving her 2018 newborn calf's death, welcomed a new calf in December. Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now believe that ...