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

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

Though the baby was no longer breathing, the mother couldn’t bring herself to let go. She nudged her nose under her lifeless newborn, laboring to keep it above the gray water of Puget Sound.

The mother orca known as J35, or Tahlequah, has been seen carrying her deceased calf for at least 11 days, drawing attention ...

In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget Sound off West Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday, Jan. 1 ...

0:33 Southern resident orca that carried dead calf for 17 days is pregnant again Brad Hanson, who leads the Southern Resident Research Team at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center ...

By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head, and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable. Just as she did in 2018 ...

An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks and a distance of 1,000 miles has given birth again, according to the Center for Whale Research.

An orca pregnancy typically lasts 17 months. Orca researchers say there’s no shortage of southern resident orcas getting pregnant, yet most young orcas die in the womb or shortly after birth.

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another sign ...