The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just ...

"Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year," the center, which tracks southern resident orca populations in the Pacific Northwest, wrote in a ...

"Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year," the center, which tracks southern resident orca populations in the Pacific Northwest, wrote in a ...

“The team, including multiple experienced killer whale researchers, have expressed concern about the calf’s health based on the behavior of both J35 and J61,” the Center for Whale Research said in a ...

In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget Sound off West Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday, Jan.

The cause of death of the calf is unclear, but experts shared that the first year of life for a young killer whale is the most critical and dangerous. "I sort of thought at one point, okay ...

“Early life is always dangerous for new calves ... “It’s devastating to lose another orca calf, and the only remedy to this tragedy is doing much more to help the Southern Resident orcas ...

The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to worry for the young whale's health.

An orca who made headlines for mourning her dead ... “Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year,” the center posted before J61’s ...

The orca, identified as J35 ... “Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year,” the Center for Whale Research posted to Facebook just ...