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Topic: killer whales

Close up view of a female killer whale swimming in blue water (Getty Images/wildestanimal)

Orca misinformation is killing them

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Happy mother with baby girl and grandmother at home (Getty Images/Oliver Rossi)

Why do humans go through menopause?

Nicole Karlis
Killer Whale near a boat (Getty Images/Chase Dekker Wild-Life Images)

Are the attacking orcas bound to lose?

Nicole Karlis
Baby Orca whale with its pod. (Getty Images/thecrystalfocus)

Why are killer whales attacking boats?

Luke Rendell - The Conversation
(Getty/MarkMalleson)

What killer whales need from humans

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
(Getty/cullenphotos)

Scientists discover a new killer whale

Nicole Karlis
SeaWorld in San Diego, Calif. (AP/Seaworld San Diego)

Asha Parker
(AP//SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.)

The SeaWorld paradigm shift

Andrew O'Hehir
(AP/Elaine Thompson)

Are killer whales persons?

David Neiwert
(Irina Silvestrova/Shutterstock)

Lindsay Abrams
A killer whale show at SeaWorld San Diego (Cary Kalscheuer/Seaworld)

Lindsay Abrams

Lindsay Abrams

Free Willy -- for real

Andrew O'Hehir
(YouTube)

Katie McDonough
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