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.
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Tahlequah, an orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles in 2018, lost another calf recently and ...
The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.
Orca researchers hope the Southern Resident population can grow to 80 to 90 whales in the next 50 years, which experts say will help them breathe a sigh of relief.
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 ...
The whale exibited what researchers call mourning behavior after the loss of her second calf since 2018. She carried that ...
The calf adds to the stressors facing the southern resident orcas, especially Tahlequah, a mother already caring for other ...
Tahlequah, the Southern Resident killer whale who famously carried her deceased calf for 17 days in 2018, has tragically lost her newest offspring. Tahlequah, a female orca born around 1998, endured ...
The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought bittersweet and exciting updates on Southern Resident killer whales.
An orca that carried her dead baby across 1,000 miles of ocean for more than two weeks has tragically lost another calf. The ...