Famous orca mother carrying another dead calf after losing second infant: researchers

The orca mother had been carrying a dead calf for years. The loss reflects the threat to a shrinking population that is suffering from noise, pollutants and food shortages

Orcas are considered brutal hunters. The case of the grieving female orca J35 shows the emotional character of the species: J35 is carrying her dead calf with her, researchers observe.

The US National Oceanic and Climate Administration (NOAA) has shared heartbreaking images on social media: They show a female orca carrying her dead calf in front of her. The killer whale mother J35, also known as Tahlequah, is part of a very small and threatened population in Puget Sound, a strait near Seattle in the US federal state of Washington. This is not the first time that J35 has been unable to part with a dead calf.Deep emotional and s…

Orca that carried dead calf for weeks in 2018 doing so again

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for more than two weeks is doing so once again after the death of her new calf, another sign of grief over lost offspring,…

Drama near Seattle in the USA: An orca cow mourns her dead calf. The fisheries authority has observed her.

This orca is carrying around another dead calf. Here’s what we know about how orcas grieve

Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with death.