Expert says trapped orca knew rescuer was helping

7 February 2012, 10:48 pm

An expert says the orca that was rescued by a diver yesterday off the Coromandel did not struggle because she knew she was being helped.... Read More »

Expert says trapped orca new rescuer was helping

7 February 2012, 9:48 pm

An expert says the orca that was rescued by a diver yesterday off the Coromandel did not struggle because she knew she was being helped.... Read More »

Diver feared for life in orca rescue

7 February 2012, 2:09 pm

A local diver said he feared for his life as he rescued an orca.... Read More »

Diver frees entangled orca

7 February 2012, 12:25 pm

A young Hahei man rescued an exhausted and bloody orca yesterday after it was entangled in a cray pot.... Read More »

Judge weighs PETA whale slavery lawsuit

6 February 2012, 12:14 pm

A federal judge appeared skeptical Monday of arguments that orca whales that perform at SeaWorld are being held as slaves and that their confinement violates the constitutional ban on slavery.... Read More »

Orca legal bid 'a strategic error'

5 February 2012, 3:34 am

A legal bid to free five orcas from captivity on the grounds they are enslaved in violation of the US constitution is a "strategic error", conservationists warned.... Read More »

Orca to have home in Moody Park

3 February 2012, 3:46 pm

A colourful orca whale sculpture donated to the city is likely destined to end up at Moody Park Pool... Read More »

Inuit insight into killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation and prey

31 January 2012, 4:11 pm

The prey of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Arctic is little studied, except of course by native Inuit peoples. New research has introduced us to this Inuit science, which in this case involves their competitor for prey items, the killer whale.... Read More »

Plan to tag Puget Sound orcas raises concerns

25 January 2012, 9:39 am

Federal biologists plan next month to attach tiny satellite devices on Puget Sound's endangered orcas off the West Coast to better understand where they go during winter. But some whale experts worry the tags - about the size of a 9-volt battery with two darts - could injure the orcas.... Read More »

Life-size whale takes over gallery’s marine exhibition

18 January 2012, 10:12 pm

A LIFE-size charcoal drawing of an Orca whale was hung yesterday at Sheffield’s Millennium Gallery, taking up an entire wall, as preparations for a new exhibition got under way.... Read More »

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