One of these videos showed a heartbreaking timelapse of the isolated killer whale lying motionless for ... his sperm has been sold several times to SeaWorld to impregnate other orcas.

His cause of death has not yet ... Alexis Martinez. The killer whale dragged Alexis underwater, fracturing his bones and causing organ damage. According to SeaWorld: ‘After Keto’s initial ...

Last year, former SeaWorld orca Keto ... its plans to transfer the two killer whales to Japan prompted anger among campaigners over Tokyo’s lax animal welfare laws. The campaigners say this ...

A damning exposé of SeaWorld and those who sail within her, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s seminal documentary Blackfish focuses on killer whale ... the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins ...

In 2012 the journalist David Kirby caused a sensation with his book “Death at Sea World: Shamu and the dark side of the killer whales in captivity”. One year later the documentary “Blackfish” was ...

This includes premature death, reduced resistance to disease ... dolphins and porpoises exist in confinement. Last year, former SeaWorld orca Keto, who hit world headlines in 2009 after an incident ...

A killer whale chases a dolphin off the coast of San Diego last January ... Two local environmental groups initiated a potential lawsuit against SeaWorld alleging ongoing Clean Water Act violations in ...

Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

Members of the marine mammal rescue group Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder walk with a Pygmy killer ... whale at its pathology laboratory in Key Biscayne to try to determine the cause of ...

Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations ...