Orcas (Orcinus orca)
Also known as killer whales, orcas are intelligent apex predators and are the biggest members of the dolphin family
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Orca deaths found to be a result of human activity
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Bottlenose dolphins may control their heart rates to avoid the bends
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Common dolphins may finally be returning to the Adriatic sea
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Leonardo da Vinci saw a whale fossil that opened his mind to deep time
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Dolphins and whales separately evolved the same speedy swimming bones
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Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females
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Humpback whales use their flippers to swat salmon into their mouths
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Whales evolved large brains in the same way that we did
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We can tell where a whale has travelled from the themes in its song
Humpback whales pick up songs from one another along their migratory routes, which means we can tell which places they’ve visited just by listening to them
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The sad tale of the US Navy’s surplus military dolphins
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Hundreds of orcas hold an annual meeting and now we may know why
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Dolphins have best friends but also shun those outside their clique
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Spying on whales: The shocking truth about humans and whales
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