Famous Orca Mom Seen Carrying Dead Calf for the Second Time
In 2018, scientists documented the same orca mother carrying her dead calf for 17 days across more than 1,000 miles of water.
This orca is carrying her dead calf—for a second time
Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with ...
New law in effect to protect endangered Southern Resident orcas
According to a news release from the Orca Network, the new law mandates recreational vessels must stay a minimum of 1,000 ...
Boats in WA waters must stay 1,000 yards from endangered killer whales. How far is that?
Washington state boaters now need to stay 1,000 yards away from any Southern Resident killer whales, after new rules went into effect at the start of the year. But just how far is 1,000 yards? There ...
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Rebuild? Whale museum team wants to after Telegraph Cove fire devastation
It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed ...
This orca’s grief stunned the world. Now she’s mourning the loss of another calf.
The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.
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B.C. blaze turns 4 decades of volunteer whale skeleton restoration to ash
Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the ...
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Grieving orca mom carries dead calf around on her head for a 2nd time
An orca famous for carrying a dead calf around has once again been spotted with a deceased newborn on her head in Puget Sound ...
Only about half of Southern Resident orca calves survive. Here's why
Orca researchers hope the Southern Resident population can grow to 80 to 90 whales in the next 50 years, which experts say will help them breathe a sigh of relief.
Orca mom seen mourning latest dead calf in same heartbreaking way she did in 2018, new photos reveal
Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...
Tahlequah the Orca Has Lost Another Calf, and She’s Carrying It With Her Again
In December, news broke that Tahlequah, the orca who famously carried her dead calf for 17 days, had given birth. Sadly, it ...
Orca Known for Carrying Her Dead Calf for 17 Days in 2018 Is Grieving the Loss of New Calf in the Same Way
Tahlequah, an orca whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving another loss. On Jan. 3, researchers ...