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 ...

Dave Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research. The outlet added that researchers discovered a new calf, different from the late J61, had been born in J Pod, a group of orcas that includes Tahlequah.

The Center for Whale Research shared bittersweet news on New Year’s Eve: J pod has welcomed a new calf, J62, but also suffered the loss of a female calf, J61.

The Center for Whale Research has named the new baby girl J61. Tahlequah, the orca whale who carried her dead newborn 1,000 miles, recently gave birth to another calf.

The Center for Whale Research did share the good news that the newborn calf spotted on New Year's Eve "appeared physically and behaviorally normal." The new calf has been identified as J62.

The Center for Whale Research noted this behavior was seen previously by J35 in 2018 when she carried the body of her previous calf that had died for more than two weeks — 17 days.

Calf mortality is high: Only about 1 in 5 orca pregnancies result in a calf that lives to its first birthday, according to the Center for Whale Research. The center’s research director, Michael ...

Courtesy Center for Whale Research/Mark Malleson. Taken under Fisheries and Oceans Canada Species at Risk Act license. Another baby has been born to the Northwest’s endangered orca population.

He has only been the director of The Whale Museum for a few months, but Dr. Mike Kuperberg and his wife are already settling ...

SEATTLE — 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 of its female calves Wednesday. "New Year’s Eve 2024 was ...

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, photo provided by the Center for Whale Research, an orca known as J35, foreground, swims with others near San Juan Island in Washington state.