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

An orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018 seems to be repeating the behavior with a newly deceased baby whale.

The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...

A bereaved female killer whale who carried her dead calf for more than two weeks in 2018 has again lost a newborn and is bearing its body, US marine researchers said. Scientists say whales are ...

Tahlequah is one of 73 endangered Southern Resident orcas, a killer whale population that lives in three pods − J, K an L − along the Salish Sea near British Columbia and Washington State.

He noted that such behaviour is also seen in other long-lived, socially complex animals like dolphins and primates. According to the Centre for Whale Research, Orca calf mortality is high ...

A new Washington law requires boats to stay at least 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident killer whales. Center for Whale Research Washington state boaters now need to stay 1,000 yards away ...