The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) announced that a new Bigg’s orca calf has been spotted in the Salish Sea.

Footage revealed the moment SeaWorld trainer Ken Peters was attacked and dragged underwater by an Orca whale during a show in ...

SeaWorld Orlando now faces a fine after a trainer was injured while interacting with an orca whale in September 2024, ...

Their results, published in the journal Marine Mammal Science, indicated that orcas in captivity had a mortality rate (the inverse of survivorship) 2.5 times higher than orcas in the wild. This ...

Orcas (also known as killer whales) are inherently unsuited to being held in captivity, due to their ranging habits, size, longevity, intelligence, sociality, and acoustic needs. Orca sociality is ...

The phenomenon is more common in captivity, but people have also seen wild orcas with curved fins. So, the cause cannot be captivity alone. Ultimately, what's going on is the collagen in the ...

Granny's 100-plus years in open waters is in stark contrast to the time SeaWorld whale Tilikum spent in captivity Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

Keiko was the 15-year-old orca that played Willy in the movie. He became the first captive orca ever to return to the wild. In 1977, Keiko was born in the waters of Iceland. When ...

social and environmental needs" of killer whales. Most designs involve cordoning off a bay and employing staff to ensure Wikie and Keijo - who were born in captivity and cannot be released into the ...

Both turned out to be wrong, and it was captivity that revealed the truth ... This was certainly true of killer whales, which scientists and fishermen regarded as threats to valuable marine resources.