Orca enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest had a whale of a time when a critically endangered pod showed up out of the blue with a newborn calf in tow. The News Tribune reported that locals in Tacoma, ...

Tilikum was SeaWorld’s most famous orca - a massive captive whale who had already been linked to deadly incidents before the world truly knew his name. In 2010, after what seemed like a normal show in ...

Orca pods are led by the founding matriarch, and Similä thinks these “wise mothers” teach their calves to avoid fishing boats ...

US theme park SeaWorld announced that it planned to phase out its signature killer whale show, which has come under intense criticism in recent years. The company said the orca show at its second ...

In this Nov. 30, 2006, file photo, a young girl watches through the glass as a killer whale passes by while swimming in a display tank at SeaWorld in San Diego. SeaWorld San Diego is ending its ...

SeaWorld San Diego is ending its controversial and long-running killer whale show. The show that featured orcas cavorting with trainers and leaping high out of a pool ends Sunday. This summer, the ...

It's been said, many times, that humans are just visitors in the ocean. The real locals are the creatures who dwell there permanently; not the ones who merely catch a couple waves in the morning, then ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- SeaWorld Orlando plans to put the killer whale Tilikum back into public performances beginning Wednesday, for the first time since the 6-ton whale killed a trainer at the marine park ...

SeaWorld will be phasing out its killer whale show at its San Diego park next year, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. According the newspaper, the company placed documents online that state the ...

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