Her newest calf, a female known as J61 to researchers, was first spotted on December ... Unsuccessful pregnancies and struggles for survival within exclusively fish-eating killer whale communities in ...
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 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 killer whale mother, who made headlines with her display of grief in 2018, has given birth again. But researchers have some worries for her new offspring.
The Center for Whale Research has named the newborn killer whale female J61 Dave Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 ...
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 death of J61 is particularly ...
J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah ... identifying the newborn girl as J61. "New Year's Eve 2024 was a day of extreme highs and lows," the center wrote in a Wednesday ...
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 ...
The Center of Whale Research and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) witnessed the mother carrying her deceased child on her nose across Puget Sound. Scient ...
The calf, a girl, was given the designation J61. It's not all good news for the mom and baby though. "The team, including multiple experienced killer whale researchers, have expressed concern ...
The killer whale Tahlequah—scientifically referred ... Now, she has been spotted with a newborn, identified as J61, in Puget Sound, a waterway in the Pacific Northwest. The new calf was first ...
Facebook/Center for Whale Research By Monday scientists were confident the new little calf, called J61, belonged to J35 ... state and British Columbia. Killer whales have strong social ties ...