Per the Orca Conservancy, J61 is Tahlequah's third baby calf to survive. Her oldest, J47, also known as "Notch," was born in 2010, and her second, J57, who became known as "Phoenix," was born in 2020.

Tahlequah, the mother orca denoted as J35 who captured hearts ... Her newest calf, a female known as J61 to researchers, was first spotted on December 20 in the Puget Sound area on Washington ...

An orca who made headlines for mourning her dead ... the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The baby, J61, an endangered Southern Resident killer whale, only lived about a ...

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

Tahlequah, the orca whale also known as J35 ... Research confirmed that Tahelequah's latest calf, a female dubbed J61, has died and is being carried through the ocean by her mother.

NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf ... She has been carrying the calf, a female dubbed J61, through the water since it was confirmed dead on New Year’s Eve ...

Garrett is the founder of the Orca Network and added that researchers are pointing most likely to malnutrition as the cause behind J61's death. Samish Indian Nation's Chairman Tom Wooten said his ...

An endangered orca mother has been carrying her dead newborn ... and her dead daughter, known as J61, off Whidbey Island on Sunday. Sunday was J35’s fifth or sixth day carrying J61’s body.

In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...

An agency that conducts body measurements said they believed the calf was premature and in subnormal body condition in October, the Orca Conservancy noted last month. open image in gallery J61 is ...