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, ...

A little off cue, an 8,000-pound orca named Keet appeared, speeding along the perimeter of the pool as waves crashed over where a crowd of SeaWorld visitors would be sitting when the San Diego park’s ...

SeaWorld plans to spend upwards of hundreds of millions of dollars to build an expanded killer whale environment and programs to protect the creatures in the wild, the company announced Friday. This ...

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 ...

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 spotted ...

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 ...

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 stop breeding killer whales immediately, essentially phasing out the iconic orcas from its theme parks after years of controversy over keeping them in ...