The loss of Tahlequah’s new calf (“ Orca Tahlequah’s new baby dies ,” Dec. 31, Climate Lab) and her all-too-familiar grief ...

In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...

Barbara J. King, an anthropology professor at William & Mary College, has spent her career exploring the depth of animals' emotional lives.

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The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable. Just as she did in 2018 — when she spent 17 days ...

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for more than two weeks is doing so once again after the death of her new calf, another sign of ...

Cancel anytime. Southern resident orca Tahlequah is suffering the loss of yet another calf. Here's where she and her deceased calf have been spotted. An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made ...

An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf for more than two weeks was again spotted carrying the body of her newborn, just days after researchers confirmed she'd given birth.