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 ...

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 Center for Whale Research has named the new baby girl J61. Tahlequah, the orca whale who carried her dead newborn 1,000 miles, recently gave birth to another calf. This birth marks J35's ...

The calf, designated as J61, was first seen traveling with the Southern Resident killer whale J pod on Friday. The CWR said multiple encounters and observations have allowed the organization to ...

The killer whale calf was spotted in the Puget Sound area off Washington state several days ago. On Tuesday, the center determined J35, also known as Tahlequah, was the baby's mother . The calf, a ...

"We have confirmation of another new calf in J pod, but sadly, this was combined with the devastating news that J61 has not survived." RELATED: Center for Whale Research confirms birth of new J ...

The orca, identified as J35, lost her first calf in 2018 but was seen with a new female calf, known as J61, just before Christmas. A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead ...

The CWR said the death of any calf in the Southern Resident Killer Whale population is a tremendous loss, but the death of J61 is especially devastating.

The killer whale Tahlequah—scientifically referred to as J35—has given birth to a new calf, ... Now, she has been spotted with a newborn, identified as J61, in Puget Sound, ...

Killer whale mom who carried her dead baby for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ... and we hope that she is able to keep J61 alive through these difficult early days,” the Facebook post from the ...

The killer whale who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in ... have expressed concern about the calf’s health based on the behavior of both J35 and J61,” the Center for Whale Research said in ...