Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 days, has given birth to her second baby since 2018. The Center for Whale Research first became aware of the new calf on Friday,

Tahlequah the killer whale made headlines and broke hearts after she was spotted carrying the body of her dead calf for 17 days. This month, sightings of the orca show she has recently given birth again .

An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks and a distance of 1,000 miles has given birth again, according to the Center for Whale Research.

She is the mother orca who captured the world’s attention by carrying her dead calf for 17 days and 1,000 miles. But now, there’s a new baby by her side — a symbol of hope in this, our own season of renewal.

Researchers at the center were notified that a new calf had been seen traveling for several days with J Pod in the Puget Sound area Dec. 20. After observing the baby orca, they were able to confirm that Tahlequah, who scientists call “J35,” was its mother. The calf, named “J61” by the Center for Whale Research, is a female.

The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving recently gave birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research director of the Center for Whale Research.The calf born to Tahlequah, known to researchers as J35 ...

The whale, known to the world as Tahlequah, gave birth to her second calf since 2018, when she carried her dead newborn for more than two weeks.

A young female orca calf recently spotted by the CWR has now been confirmed to be the offspring of a whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018.