by Karina Vargas, KOMO News Reporter TOPICS: SEATTLE — The mother orca known as J35 ... orcas in this population have a high rate of pregnancy loss. "69.8% of the females in this population ...
Only a handful of days old, the female calf was confirmed dead on New Year's Eve. The next day, the southern resident orca ...
For at least 11 days, a mother killer whale has been carrying the body of her dead newborn calf. Only a handful of days old, ...
The mother orca known as J35, or Tahlequah, has been seen carrying her deceased calf for at least 11 days, drawing attention ...
As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for ...
Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.
Researchers said J35, also known as Tahlequah, was spotted Jan. 10 in Haro Strait off San Juan Island with the body of her ...
A 2017 study published in the journal PLOS One found that nearly 70% of southern resident killer whale pregnancies failed between 2008 and 2014, with one-third of those pregnancy losses occurring ...
J35, known by the nickname Talequah, is a member of the southern resident killer whale J pod and gave birth ... that carried dead calf for 17 days is pregnant again Brad Hanson, who leads the ...
They don’t know precisely why the young whale died less than two ... and the stress hormone cortisol in pregnant females. These clues suggest that the orca mothers aren’t getting enough ...