Suddenly I saw Shamu grabbing the trainer by the shoulder ... Trainers have not been in the water training with killer whales for many years. We have extensive protocols and training in place ...

Credit: Pray It No Photography via Flickr For decades, the park’s most emblematic icon has been killer whales. Or, to be specific, Shamu – the former star attraction at SeaWorld San Diego in ...

The documentary shed light on the unethical practices of captive breeding and the abuse SeaWorld’s killer whales endured throughout their time as circus-like animals. There’s a guilt-ridden feeling in ...

However, February 2010, would mark her last encounter with the animals, with the 40-year-old ending up being grabbed and pulled underwater while working with 12,000lb killer whale Tilikum - also known ...

A Blue Kingdom and Wildlife Tours boat skippered by Captain Tyler McKeen spotted the humpback whale swimming toward a school ...

In 1999, a naked man who had eluded security and sneaked into SeaWorld at night was found dead the next morning draped over Tilikum in a breeding tank in the back of Shamu Stadium. “Blackfish” argued ...

They break your rudder and water and waves begin to enter your boat, and once the water enters there is nothing you can do,” ...

Alaska historian David Reamer remembers the legendary actor, whose famed bass delivery voiced everything from Darth Vader to ...

SEATTLE — A new orca whale calf was spotted by members of the Center for Whale Research (CWR) alongside its mother, according to a press release from the organization. "The calf is VERY new ...

Encounters with orcas, also known as killer whales, have been on the rise since 2020. New research suggests that older Orcas ...