Tahlequah, an orca well-known for having carried her dead calf for over two weeks back in 2018, has been struck by a heartbreaking event once again. After it was recently announced that the orca had given birth,

In December, news broke that Tahlequah, the orca who famously carried her dead calf for 17 days, had given birth. Sadly, it appears that the new calf has died.

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.

The orca who captured global attention in 2018 by carrying her deceased calf for 17 days has faced another heartbreaking loss.

An orca has been spotted carrying the body of its deceased calf. The orca named Tahlequah, first gained global attention in 2018, when she did a similar gesture when her previous female newborn died.

The calf adds to the stressors facing the southern resident orcas, especially Tahlequah, a mother already caring for other young.

Scientists were hopeful that the calf, known as J61 would survive, despite the health complications but the situation turned pear-shaped quickly.

The calf, J61, was pictured on December 20 A bereaved female killer whale who carried her dead calf for more than two weeks in 2018 has again lost a newborn and is bearing its body, US marine researchers said.

Tahlequah is once again carrying a dead calf, researchers said, as she did in 2018 in a 17-day, 1,000-mile tour that shocked the region and world.

In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.