In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.

The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to ...

An endangered orca mother has been carrying her dead newborn calf on her snout for nearly a week around Washington’s Puget ...

The center's research director, Michael Weiss, estimated that only 50% of orca calves survive their first year.The center described the death of J35's calf as particularly devastating — not only ...

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.