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.

Offshore killer whales, as their ecotype association implies, typically range far from shore between Southern California and Alaska. Brodsky’s footage shows them in sub-groups over a submarine canyon ...

Southern Resident killer whales, one of several distinct orca communities ... though some swim north to Alaska and south to California. The males, which can weigh up to 22,000 pounds, typically ...

Although known as "killer whales," orcas are actually the largest ... are found living along the Pacific Northwest coast and Alaska. Three distinct groups, the northern resident orcas, the ...

A pod of 60 to 80 killer whales rarely seen by ... from Southern California to the Bering Sea in Alaska.Chase Dekker, a marine biologist and whale-watching boat captain with Sanctuary Tours ...

There are five types of killer whale in Antarctica, but only three found in these waters, near the peninsula south of South ...

Other marine animals that can be seen here include orca, Steller's sealions ... considered to offer some of the best whale-watching waters in Alaska: a misty spout is a sure sign they’re ...

Offshore killer whales, as their ecotype association implies, typically range far from shore between Southern California and Alaska. Brodsky’s footage shows them in sub-groups over a submarine ...