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.

Baby orca J62 is a female, scientists have confirmed, and looking great so far in her first month of life. The birth of a healthy female calf is crucial for the southern resident orca families.

The Center for Whale Research shared the announcement of J62′s birth on New Year’s Eve ... around the calf’s carcass. According to Orca Conservancy, there are an estimated 26 members ...

Researchers first confirmed J62’s birth on Jan. 1. During the February sighting researchers also confirmed that orca J35 is no longer carrying the carcass of her dead calf, J61. The calf’s ...

In 2018, Morgan gave birth to a female calf called Ula following a pregnancy described by Loro Parque as ‘accidental’. Ula, ...

The newest Southern Resident orca, J62, was confirmed as a female calf after the Center for Whale Research had an encounter ...

In winter, when ready to give birth, they return to warmer regions like the Gulf of California and the eastern tropical Pacific. Around seven months after being born, and already at a whopping 52 ...

In 1969, a four-year-old baby orca was separated from her family off the coast of British Columbia and sold into captivity. For the past 50 years, she’s lived in an “oceanarium” and ...

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.