A southern resident orca is once again carrying her deceased baby's body through the water. Researchers are concerned about the future of this orca mother and her species.
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.
Scientists have called Tahlequah's loss devastating, more so because the calf was a female, who could have one day potentially contributed to increasing the population of endangered killer whales.
“It’s a very tragic tour of grief,” Center for Whale Research founder Ken Balcomb told public broadcaster NPR at the time. The centre said the loss of the latest female newborn was “particularly ...
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 ...