Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.
As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for the second time in seven years, researcher Barbara J. King says there’s no ...
The same whale that made world headlines in 2018 for pushing her dead newborn calf around for 17 days, has now spent at least ...
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 ...
Mother orca 'appeared to be trying to keep it (calf) from sinking' off Canada's Vancouver Island, says Center for Whale ...
The calf was reported to have died around New Year’s Eve and the mother was seen pushing the remains, just as she had done in ...
For at least 11 days, a mother killer whale has been carrying the body of her dead newborn calf. Only a handful of days old, ...
This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 tour of grief, during which she carried her dead calf for 17 ...
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 ...
The dorsal fin of the orca known as J35, or Tahlequah, is seen above the ocean surface as she pushes her dead newborn calf, J61, with her snout on Jan. 1. (NOAA Fisheries) Researchers expressed ...