What is it like kayaking where killer whales swim? If you paddle in the Puget Sound in Washington, you may find yourself face-to-face with a pod of killer whales, also known as orcas. Despite their ...

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In captivity, whales breach the surface more ... some experts think speed could also be a factor. In the wild, killer whales swim on average 3 to 4 mph and can sprint at speeds up to 34 mph.

(CNN)-- I've spent more than 25 years making wildlife films, many of them about powerful and dangerous predators such as killer whales ... keeping wild animals in captivity for our entertainment ...

Both turned out to be wrong, and it was captivity that revealed the truth. Until the 1960s, research on cetaceans remained extremely limited. Most marine mammalogists worked in connection with ...

Using underwater explosives, planes and power boats, they corralled the killer whales into a net, in hopes of taking them into captivity to entertain guests at marine parks. The men had a federal ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The killer whale Tokitae, also known as Lolita, may finally be released after more than 50 years in captivity in the world's smallest orca enclosure. Billionaire ...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia’s southern coast. The Washington-based centre says ...

What is it like kayaking where killer whales swim? If you paddle in the ... However, this changes when orcas are kept in captivity, and there are multiple instances of captive orcas attacking ...