A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in a harrowing tale of grief, has lost another baby, scientists revealed.

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

The female killer whale J35 with her newborn calf J61, who died. Photograph: Center for Whale Research A grieving killer whale, known for swimming over 1,000 miles while carrying the body of her dead ...

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...

Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget Sound has also died and she’s unable to let go. By Adeel Hassan The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it ...

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Tahlequah, the killer whale also known as J35, was seen carrying the newborn on her back Wednesday through Washington state’s Puget Sound, just as she did seven years ago, according to the ...

A bereaved female killer whale who carried her dead calf for more than two weeks in 2018 has again lost a newborn and is bearing its body, US marine researchers said. Scientists say whales are ...

The Center for Whale Research first became aware of the new calf, named J61, on Dec. 20 Maya Sears, NMFS/NOAA Permit 27052 Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him ...

The orca named Tahlequah, first gained global attention in 2018, when she did a similar gesture when her previous female newborn died. This loss, researchers describe as ‘devastating’ for the already ...

The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought some bittersweet calf news as well as an exciting update for the community that follows Southern Resident killer whales, also known as orcas.