https://www.pitara.com/tags/orcas/Recent content in Orcas on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-an-orca-whale/Tue, 18 Dec 2001 05:21:09 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-an-orca-whale/<p>If you have seen the movie Free Willy, you would be able to instantly recognise an Orca. Willy is an Orca or a killer whale.</p> <p>Orcas (Orcinus orca) are mammals classified under the order Cetacea. Though they are called killer whales, they belong to the dolphin family. Like other whales and dolphins, they, too, come up to the surface to take in oxygen.</p> <p>Orcas can be found in all the oceans of the world. Orcas are found in pods which is the collective term for these animals like &lsquo;a gaggle&quot; for geese or &lsquo;school&rsquo; for fish. A pod may consist of two or three groups with each group consisting of 15 or 20 members.</p>