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Pygmy killer whales rescued in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 03/08/2024
» PHUKET - Three pygmy killer whales — a rarely seen type of oceanic dolphin — were rescued after they were found in a mangrove forest in Thalang district of this island province on Saturday morning.
Australia begins euthanising stranded false killer whales
Published on 20/02/2025
» SYDNEY - Dozens of false killer whales stranded on a remote beach in the Australian state of Tasmania will be euthanised after bad weather and the isolated location hampered efforts to push them back into the waters, Australian authorities said on Thursday.
Killer whales spotted grooming each other with seaweed
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» PARIS - Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced on Monday, saying it was the first evidence of marine mammals making their own tools.
Climate change pushing killer whales to migrate north
AFP, Published on 28/01/2019
» REISAFJORDEN (NORVèGE) - Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer whale and her calf hunting for food frolic in a snowy Norwegian fjord.
Rare false killer whales emerge near Koh Tao
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 02/06/2019
» SURAT THANI: A pod of about 30 false killer whales -- a kind of large oceanic dolphin -- have been sighted near Koh Tao island in Ko Phangan district of this southern province, governor Wichawut Jinto said on Sunday.
Rare false killer whales seen near Koh Tao
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/06/2019
» SURAT THANI: A pod of about 30 false killer whales -- a kind of large oceanic dolphin -- have been sighted near Koh Tao island in Ko Phangan district of this southern province, governor Wichawut Jinto said on Sunday.
Melting Arctic ice draws killer whales further north
AFP, Published on 17/12/2021
» SKJERVOY (NORWAY) - In the pale winter darkness of northern Norway, a huge flock of seagulls circles above an Arctic fjord, signifying the presence of a group of unusual predators in the water below.
Rare sighting of killer whales off Brazil's coast
Published on 19/12/2021
» A family of orcas surprised beachgoers in Rio de Janeiro this week, when the black-and-white whales could be seen frolicking in the shallow waters off the city's iconic Ipanema beach.- REUTERS
Over 150 false killer whales stranded on Australian beach
Reuters, Published on 19/02/2025
» SYDNEY — More than 150 false killer whales have been stranded on an isolated beach in the Australian state of Tasmania, with rescue crews trying to save most of the large dolphins that survived the ordeal, authorities said on Wednesday.
Creams, massage and police escort: how Russian whales were freed
AFP, Published on 05/07/2019
» MOSCOW - Whales were massaged and lathered in special balm as they rode toward the ocean in a motorcade as part of their release from a "jail" in the Russian far east, the institute overseeing the operation said Thursday.