The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just ...

For more than a thousand miles, a Southern Resident killer whale known as Tahlequah carried the body of her dead calf on a ...

The grieving killer whale mom and her family — Tahlequah ... NOAA Fisheries West Coast And the act of carrying a dead calf is just that: a sign of grief. At least, that’s what researchers ...

In fact, killer whales often carry their deceased calves ... she isn’t foraging and is expending a great deal of energy on carrying her dead calf. After her ordeal in 2018, she recovered her ...

For a second time, the world watched as Tahlequah, an endangered southern resident killer whale, struggled to keep her dead newborn calf afloat in the Salish Sea.

A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago was spotted recently in waters off Victoria, B.C., still carrying the carcass of her newborn. The Center for Whale Research spotted the ...

has been seen carrying her deceased calf for at least 11 days, drawing attention to the critically endangered southern resident killer whales. Researchers say this behavior is a sign of grief.

“The death of any calf in the Southern Resident killer whale population is a tremendous ... open image in gallery Tahlequah carries her dead offspring on her head. Previously, she had carried ...

Tahlequah, the mother orca denoted as J35 who captured hearts worldwide in 2018 by carrying ... Center for Whale Research. Tragically, by New Year’s Eve, the calf was confirmed dead, he said.

Other southern resident orcas were observed carrying dead calves ... another new living calf, J62. Southern resident orcas are endangered, and distinct from other killer whales because they ...

An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead ... carrying the body of her newborn, just days after researchers confirmed she'd given birth. J35, a southern resident killer whale ...