orca

Balazs and his girlfriend Mel had been following a pod of orcas for around two hours before she suggested waiting at some rocks.

Hossam Taher's dream is to make life easier for young parents in Egypt through his start-up Orcas.

Last summer, after months of determined campaigning by PETA, leading travel provider Thomas Cook announced it would stop selling tickets to all parks that confine orcas in the name of entertainment.

Mum Morgan gave birth last September, despite SeaWorld's decision to end captive breeding of orcas.

Regulatory environmental laws in Canada have similarly failed the Orcas. The Canadian government refused an emergency order to protect the Orcas, and plans for the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline and subsequent increased tanker traffic further threatens the Orcas' survival.

So orcas feel emotions, however exotically, which in turn strikes an emotional chord in us.

ALASKA, USA IF you want the best chance of seeing orcas in Alaska, you should head to the US state between early May and early June.

Researchers say that the orcas are threatened by marine noise from boats, water pollution and the decline of Chinook salmon populations

Like other dolphins and whales, orcas are air-breathing and may feed on a diet of fish, seals, squid and even seabirds.

Orcas, also known as killer whales or blackfish, are the ocean's greatest, most efficient predators, and had long been hated and feared.