What is it like kayaking where killer whales swim? If you paddle in the Puget Sound in Washington, you may find yourself face ...

It also resulted in the release of a real-life whale named Keiko. Keiko was the 15-year-old orca that played Willy in the ...

In the wild, orcas stay with their mothers their entire lives, but since she didn’t grow up with her family, she never learned how to be a mother herself. “She needed other whales with her ...

But their focus changed when they learned of a female member of the population that had been captured 50 years ago and was ...

There are very few documented cases of orcas attacking humans in the wild ... aren’t sure why the captive orcas attacked, and many still debate if that was the whales’ intent.

Hargrove: Daniel He’s a whistle-blower who carried an actual whistle, which he wore around his neck during his 12 years as a trainer of killer whales at SeaWorld theme parks. The whistle ...

SeaWorld Orlando now faces a fine after a trainer was injured while interacting with an orca whale in September 2024 ... Just four human deaths caused by captive orcas have been recorded ...

SEATTLE — A new orca calf spotted in the Puget Sound last week is part of the family of the last killer whale captured in United States waters. The new Bigg's, or mammal-hunting, orca calf was ...