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, ...

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...

“As with last time, I think it’s enough to recognize how strong the mother-calf bond is in killer whales (among the strongest social relationships in any animal), and to see that she is clearl ...

The calf was female, and the killer whale population is endangered and matrilineal, contributing to the gravity of her passing. On a brighter note, the second newborn (J62) appears to be in sound ...

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 ...

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

The new calf has been identified as J62. Researchers do not yet know J62's gender or who J62's mother is. Southern resident killer whales are the only endangered population of killer whales in the ...

"It is a concern that she's expending a lot of energy to try to take care of this calf that she's lost," Hanson said. According to the center, the death of any Southern Resident killer whale calf ...