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Despite what its name “killer whale” may suggest, the orca is a member of the dolphin family. Members of the Delphinidae family include all dolphin species, as well as the long-finned pilot whales and ...

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Despite its common name, the pygmy killer whale is a small member of the oceanic dolphin family. They are often confused with false killer whales and melon-headed whales. This species is found ...

For generations, the Thaua people worked with killer whales to hunt large whales in the water of Twofold Bay, on the southern coast of New South Wales. Killer whales – commonly known as orcas – would ...