An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following the death of her new calf.

An endangered whale was spotted off Washington carrying her calf’s deceased body over a week after the baby was first documented by researchers. The baby Southern Resident killer whale was confirmed dead Dec. 31, the Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.

Tahlequah captured national attention after losing a baby under tragic circumstances in 2018. Now, researchers believe the mama whale lost another child.

The research center confirmed J35 has been seen carrying the body of J61 with her. The CWR 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.

Whale researchers in the Pacific Northwest reported a day of extreme highs and lows on the last day of 2024.On the low side, they learned that a Southern Reside

A female orca who previously carried her deceased calf, has lost another baby shortly after birth. Scientists expressed concern for the calf's health. With two of her four calves lost, the situation raises worries for the future of the critically endangered orca population.

Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days in 2018, has likely suffered another loss. Per The Seattle Times, researchers believe the mother orca's newborn calf, who the Center for Whale Research discovered the calf on Friday, Dec. 20, and given the alpha-numeric designation J61, has died.

An orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days back in 2018 has faced another heartbreaking loss. Tahlequah, or J35 to researchers, touched the hearts of people around the world when she carried the calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in what experts have called a 'deep grieving process'.

The bereaved whale mother who made headlines when she heartbreakingly grieved her dead baby for more than two weeks has given birth to a new calf, scientists said.

A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body.