Tahlequah, the grieving mother orca, once again carries the weight of loss, embodying the emotional depth and resilience of ...
Tahlequah is one of 73 endangered Southern Resident orcas, a killer whale population that lives in three pods − J, K an L − along the Salish Sea near British Columbia and Washington State.
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 ...
Tahlequah, a mother orca who gained fame in ... “The death of any calf in the Southern Resident killer whale population is a tremendous loss, but the death of J61 is particularly devastating ...