A newborn killer whale calf spotted off the southern coast of WA could be one of the youngest ever seen in Australian waters.

Her newest calf, a female known as J61 ... Tahlequah is known to be the mother of another orca, J47, who is now around 14 years old, and also J57, a baby born two years after her 2018 loss.

Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.

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.

By Wednesday, they were certain she was pushing around the baby whale's carcass just north ... the death of any Southern Resident killer whale calf is a "tremendous loss," but the death of ...

Previously, she had carried another deceased baby on her back (NOAA Fisheries) After the orca had her calf die in 2018, she carried her baby’s body on her back for an unprecedented 17 days and ...

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

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The Oregon Zoo’s beloved Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth to a healthy and strong female calf on Saturday after a 20-month ...

Maybe the story of the orca mom and her dead calf spoke to me when it made headlines six years ago because I was swimming ...

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.

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines ... than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers). The calf had died shortly after it was born, and the mother and her closely knit pod ...