The episode, witnessed off the Australian coast, offers a rare glimpse into the brutal efficiency of the ocean’s top predator.

The Centre for Whale Research says the newborn was spotted swimming alongside a whale known as J40 near Victoria on Sunday.

Good news from the Salish Sea — there’s been a sighting of a new orca calf swimming with our Southern Residents. The Center for Whale Research confirmed the calf on Sunday, April 6 ...

SEATTLE — Researchers confirmed a new calf was spotted swimming with orcas ... in the coming days and months to monitor the orca’s behavior and physical condition. Researchers will be watching ...

At the time, the centre said it had confirmed that J35, or Tahlequah, was no longer carrying the body of her dead calf, which she had started pushing around Jan. 1. Researchers have previously ...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia’s southern coast. The Washington-based centre says ...

0:30 New orca calf spotted in Salish Sea New orca calf spotted in Salish Sea The youngster was spotted swimming with orca J40, and it would be her first known calf, according to the group.

Two-thirds of pregnancies end in miscarriage. RELATED: Grieving orca mom carries dead calf on her nose for fifth day Researchers say, with just 74 whales, each birth is vital to the survival of ...

At the time, the centre said it had confirmed that J35, or Tahlequah, was no longer carrying the body of her dead calf, which ...

Its mother, J35, carried and pushed her dead calf for ... to thrive.” The calf’s mother, J40, also known as Suttles and part of the J14 matriline, was born in 2004. The Orca Conservancy ...