Scientists believe Tahlequah is expressing grief by continuing to push the calf's body, a behavior that expends valuable energy. While other orcas have been observed carrying their 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 ...
An orca has been spotted carrying the body of its deceased calf. The orca named Tahlequah, first gained global attention in 2018, when she did a similar gesture when her previous female newborn died.
Tahlequah has been grieving the loss of her baby. In a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, an orca who made headlines in 2018 after it carried her dead calf for more than two weeks, has once ...
A killer whale known as Tahlequah, who gained global attention in 2018 after carrying the body of her deceased newborn calf for 17 days, appears to be mourning another loss. According to the Center ...
The whale, known as Tahlequah, has lost another calf and is again pushing the body, according to the Center for Whale Research. Tahlequah has this time been spotted off the coast of Washington ...
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 ...
The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.
Tragedy has again struck Tahlequah, the orca mom who captured the world’s attention in 2018 when she carried her dead calf on her head for 17 days. Her newest calf, a female, was first seen ...
As Tahlequah carries her dead calf, scientists studying the endangered southern residents are concerned for the mother orca. On Christmas Eve it was confirmed she gave birth to a female calf ...
Whale J35 (known as Tahlequah) seen supporting the dead calf in 2018 A killer whale, which captured the world's attention in 2018 when it was spotted pushing the dead body of its newborn calf for ...
Tahlequah, or J35, became famous in 2018 for embarking on what some scientists described as a "grief" tour, pushing her dead calf through the ocean for 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) until she ...