The mother became widely known as “Tahlequah” after she was given the name by the Whale Museum in Washington state through its “adopt an orca” program. Prior to her calf dying in 2018 ...

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

Researchers are cautiously optimistic, although two of the last four calves born to Southern Residents have died.

Another dead whale was discovered in the waters of the San Francisco Bay, the fifth creature found in the area in less than a ...

VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. — There’s new hope in the J Pod of endangered Southern Resident orca whales. A new calf has arrived! On Apr. 6, Center for Whale Research biologist Mark Malleson spotted ...

Another baby has been born to the Northwest’s endangered orca population. A Center for Whale Research crew spotted the baby, still ruddy from the womb, from a boat near Victoria, British ...

A killer whale calf is shown traveling with her mother, J35, also known as Tahlequah, in the Puget Sound area in this December 2024 handout photo. The Centre for Whale Research says one of its ...

Researchers have previously said Tahlequah's behaviour is an apparent act of grief, and the whale had lost two of ... calf for 17 days in 2018. Famous orca mother carrying body of another dead ...

A killer whale calf is shown traveling with her mother, J35, also known as Tahlequah, in the Puget Sound area in this December 2024 handout photo. The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field ...