research director for the Center for Whale Research. Weiss says during the 2018 journey, Tahlequah’s own mother stayed close by, but has since passed. This time, Tahlequa’s sister Kiki is ...
Scientists initially spotted the whale mom, known both as Tahlequah and J35, with a new female calf on Friday, Dec. 20 but were worried about the health of the baby when they got out on the water ...
Or the infant whale may have simply been unlucky, perhaps catching an infection in the womb that she couldn’t fend off. Whatever the cause, the death of Tahlequah’s daughter is a tragedy for ...
J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale ...