The Inland Northwest's resident orca pod gained a new baby, seen swimming with the J-Pod on New Years Day, but they also lost ...

The Southern Resident orca's J pod brought us grief and joy on the first day of 2025. SEATTLE — On this first day of the year, dozens of people chose to start 2025 at Constellation Park in West ...

Tahlequah, an orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles in 2018, lost another calf recently and ...

The Center for Whale Research announced the addition of a new calf in J pod along with the news of the recent passing of one ...

On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 died. Just a week earlier, researchers had proudly announced this new member of J pod, delivered by J35, Tahlequah.

The Center for Whale Research shared bittersweet news on New Year’s Eve: J pod has welcomed a new calf, J62, but also ...

In December, news broke that Tahlequah, the orca who famously carried her dead calf for 17 days, had given birth. Sadly, it ...

The orca who captured global attention in 2018 by carrying her deceased calf for 17 days has faced another heartbreaking loss.

The entire team at the Center for Whale Research is deeply saddened by this news and we will continue to provide updates when ...

EDMONDS, Wash. — Researchers have confirmed a new calf within the Southern Resident orca J Pod that was spotted last week. A whale expert who was riding a Washington State Ferry along the ...

An orca famous for carrying a dead calf around has once again been spotted with a deceased newborn on her head in Puget Sound, but there's some good news for her endangered southern resident killer ...

The tragic news of J61's death and the confirmation of the birth of another J pod baby were also top of mind for many. The dual news made whale lovers like Kersti Muul especially protective.