The animal’s dorsal fin was still floppy, indicating it was less than 24 hours old, according to news reports.

NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made ...

This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles. Tahlequah was last seen still carrying her ...

The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just ...

Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for at least 11 days. Tahlequah is the orca whose story shocked the world ...

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by Karina Vargas, KOMO News Reporter TOPICS: SEATTLE — The mother orca known as J35, or Tahlequah, has been seen carrying her deceased calf for at least 11 days, drawing attention to the ...

A mother killer whale whose calf died more than two weeks ago has recently been spotted still carrying the newborn’s carcass in waters off Victoria. The Center for Whale Research says in a ...

An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made headlines in 2018 when she carried her ...