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 ...

This week, mother orca Tahlequah may have surpassed her 2018 ... offshore of an ancient Lummi Village at what today is called Cherry Point. "I've been crying a lot, praying a lot," Morris said.

Males are bigger than females, but they both vary in size and weight. The largest orca ever recorded was a staggering 32 feet (9.8 meters) long and weighed 22,000 lbs. (10,000 kilograms).

2:11 Orca carries body of her dead calf, just as she did for weeks in 2018 As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island ...

In 1969, a four-year-old baby orca was separated from her family off the coast of British Columbia and sold into captivity. For the past 50 years, she’s lived in an “oceanarium” and ...

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About 450 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, is the ideal starting point for whale watching. In constant contact with local researchers, every year the Orca Camps’ locations are adapted to the ...