Scientists have called Tahlequah's loss devastating, more so because the calf was a female, who could have one day potentially contributed to increasing the population of endangered killer whales.
“It’s a very tragic tour of grief,” Center for Whale Research founder Ken Balcomb told public broadcaster NPR at the time. The centre said the loss of the latest female newborn was “particularly ...
In December, news broke that Tahlequah, the orca who famously carried her dead calf for 17 days, had given birth. Sadly, it ...
An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is ...
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Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...
Tahlequah, an orca whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving another loss. On Jan. 3, researchers ...
A new law went into effect Jan. 1 that extends the buffer zone around endangered Southern Resident killer whales, punishable ...
Democratic Rep. Mark Takano of California, the first openly gay person of color elected to Congress, will be the chair of the ...
According to a news release from the Orca Network, the new law mandates recreational vessels must stay a minimum of 1,000 ...
The whale exibited what researchers call mourning behavior after the loss of her second calf since 2018. She carried that first dead calf for 17 days.
The calf adds to the stressors facing the southern resident orcas, especially Tahlequah, a mother already caring for other ...
In a day of sadness and surprise, researchers on Puget Sound on Tuesday found J61, the new calf born to mother orca Tahlequah ...
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