A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse along with her for more than two weeks in a ...
The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern ... “The death of any calf in the [Southern Resident killer whale] population is a tremendous loss,” the ...
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 ...
The nature photographer had gone out looking for J61 to confirm she was still alive. “I yelled out to others on the beach, ...
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 ...