MIAMI (AP) – SeaWorld announced Thursday it is ending its practice of killer whale breeding following years of controversy over keeping orcas in captivity. In a statement released Thursday morning, ...

No, the TikTok video showing a trainer named Jessica Radcliffe dying in the mouth of an orca killer whale is not real. It appears to be AI. However, there was a real marine trainer who died after an ...

SEAWORLD TIMELINE: San Diego is the first of SeaWorld’s three namesake parks to introduce the new 22-minute-long killer whale experience, following the announcement last year that their Orlando-based ...

The former killer whale trainer has released a book about SeaWorld. — -- The whale trainer behind a book critical of SeaWorld says his former employer is conducting a "smear campaign" by ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KTRK) -- A 3-month-old killer whale calf has died after facing a severe infection at SeaWorld in San Antonio. Veterinarians and SeaWorld staff spent three days giving Kyara ...

Why do killer whales (orcas) in captivity kill humans, whereas this doesn't happen in the wild? Federal hearings on the safety of keeping killer whales in captivity began this week, convened by the ...

SAN ANTONIO -- There's been an addition to the SeaWorld San Antonio family. Park officials say an 18-year killer whale named Takara gave birth to an orca calf in Shamu Theater, the park's research and ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KABC) -- SeaWorld announced on Friday that it plans to build new first-of-its-kind killer whale environments that will double the size of the whales' tanks. The company will also ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Tilikum, the orca who killed several people and was featured in the documentary "Blackfish" making the case against keeping orcas in captivity, died on Friday, SeaWorld ...

MIAMI — SeaWorld announced Thursday it will immediately stop breeding killer whales, essentially phasing out the iconic orcas from its theme parks following years of controversy over keeping them in ...

SeaWorld is ending its controversial killer whale breeding programs, the theme park operator said in a statement today. Its treatment of the orcas has come under fierce criticism since the release of ...