Related: Tahlequah, the Orca Whale Who Once Grieved Her Dead Calf for ... its second day of free-swimming life." Per the Orca Conservancy, J61 is Tahlequah's third baby calf to survive.

swimming with her is hers. Six years ago, Tahlequah swam with her dead calf for 17 days, preventing its body from sinking, in an apparent act of grieving. The mother whale’s first known baby ...

Salmon are struggling to survive. So are the families of endangered southern resident orcas, with a population of just 73, ...

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 ...

The baby Southern Resident killer whale ... is a Washington-based photographer who captured Tahlequah on camera swimming with her dead calf off the east side of Vashon Island.

This week, scientists confirmed that a calf, designated J61, swimming with her is hers. Six years ago, Tahlequah swam with her dead calf for 17 days, preventing its body from sinking, in an apparent ...

Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days, has given birth to her second baby since 2018 ... her deceased calf by swimming with it on her back for ...