It is very unusual for orca whales to swim into confined waters.

She is the only researcher specializing in orca whales in New Zealand waters.

I prefer to have a purpose, such as going to Alaska to see orca whales.

Wellingtonians have enjoyed watching orca whales and a pod of dolphins swimming in the harbour today.

Nine orca whales have died after stranding on a beach at Tuatapere on the Southland coast.

The upward-curving mouth of our favourite sea mammals (surely dolphins and orca whales) allows us to believe that they're always jolly.

Scientists want to find out why nine orca whales stranded themselves on rocks at a beach south of Tuatapere on the Southland coast this week.

A young whale that died after getting stuck underneath a boat ramp in Auckland may have been fleeing from orca whales in the Hauraki Gulf.

Nine Orca whales have died in a rare pod stranding on a beach at Tuatapere on the Southland coast.