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.

Whale researchers in the Pacific Northwest reported a day of extreme highs and lows on the last day of 2024. On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 ...

“The team, including multiple experienced killer whale researchers, have expressed concern about the calf’s health based on the behavior of both J35 and J61,” the Center for Whale Research ...

The killer whale who captured hearts across the world in 2018 for refusing to let go of her dead calf has given birth to her second baby in the last four years.. The Center for Whale Research said ...

The killer whale that carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks for 1,000 miles in 2018 has a new baby, ... designated as J61, is shown with its mother near Puget Sound, ...

Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days in 2018, has likely suffered another loss.. Per The Seattle Times, researchers believe the mother orca's newborn ...

“The team, including multiple experienced killer whale researchers, have expressed concern about the calf’s health based on the behavior of both J35 and J61,” the Center for Whale Research ...

Tahlequah The Killer Whale Carried Her Dead Calf For 17 Days. Now She Has Given Birth Again Conservationists are concerned about the health of the new calf, J61.

Orca whale calf news: The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought bittersweet and exciting updates on Southern Resident killer whales. Close. ... There were concerns about orca whale calf J61.

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 orca ...

The Southern Resident killer whale population is near the lowest it has been in 30 years. ... On the same day that J61's death was confirmed, researchers noted the birth of another J pod calf, J62.

With J61’s passing, J35 has now lost two of her four documented calves, both females. ... The birth of J62 offers a ray of hope for the Southern Resident Killer Whale population.