The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to worry for the young whale's health.

Whale researchers in the Pacific Northwest reported a day of extreme highs and lows on the last day of 2024. On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf ...

But now, Tahlequah, part of a struggling group called the southern resident killer ... birth this week. "The better news to remember is that J35 has given birth to calves that have survived and ...

The killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has been spotted carrying the body of her dead calf, echoing her display of grief from ...

THE “world’s loneliest orca” who has been trapped in a tiny pool for 32 years is experiencing the “worst form of torture”, experts claim. A devastating video shows Kshamenk barely able ...

Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget ... because she could have grown to give birth and help ease the slide in the orcas’ population. Many orca pregnancies fail ...

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following ...

“The entire team at the Center for Whale Research is deeply saddened ... not only because she could have eventually grown to give birth and bolster the struggling population, but because J35 ...

The killer whales were spotted apparently attacking ... Similar to other mammals, whales give birth rather than producing eggs and nurse their young with milk. “Whales maintain a constant ...