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 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 ...
Killer whale J35 (also called Tahlequah) carrying a newly dead newborn calf in the Puget Sound off the coast of West Seattle, Washington on January 1, 2025. Photo / NOAA Fisheries / AFP “We hope ...
In 2018, the endangered orca known as Tahlequah carried the body of her dead calf for at least 17 days ... By analyzing hormones in southern resident killer whales’ feces, Wasser has helped ...
"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 ...
J35, known by the nickname Talequah, is a member of the southern resident killer whale J pod and gave birth recently to a female calf. 0:35 New orca calf confirmed, another dead However ...
Tahlequah has been grieving the loss of her baby. In a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, an orca who made headlines in 2018 after it carried her dead calf for more than two weeks, has once ...
Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget Sound has also died and she’s unable to let go. By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it ...
In this photo provided ... another new calf, J62, was observed alive by officials and scientists. Southern resident orcas are endangered, and distinct from other killer whales because they eat ...
A killer whale calf is shown travelling with her mother, J35, also known as Tahlequah, in the Puget Sound area in this December 2024 handout photo. The Center for Whale ... Or, subscribe to Village ...
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