Dec. 1, 2006 — -- Following the killer whale attack on a SeaWorld trainer in San Diego this week, many people are wondering whether the attack was malicious, or if the whale was just playing ...

Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review ...

A 3-month-old baby killer whale died Monday at a SeaWorld park in San Antonio, Texas, the park announced this week. RELATED: Famed orca whale Tilikum of SeaWorld has died The baby, named Kyara ...

Median survival for captive-born (14.1 yr) was significantly higher than wild-captured killer whales (5.5 yr), though the two failed to differ among the post-1 January 1985 cohort.

The average orca lifespan is between 30-50 years in the wild. In captivity, their lifespan has been averaged between 10-45 years. Orcas kept in captivity are thought to live shorter lives than ...

We’ve got orcas all wrong and it’s killing them Calling recent orca encounters "attacks" is the latest affront in a long history of villainizing these animals ...

Related: 2016 was the deadliest year for wild Northwest orca Garrett, a killer whale researcher, co-founded the Orca Network, an organization opposed to keeping orcas in captivity.. In a statement ...

Dave Phillips was one of the numerous whale experts who helped the orca star of Free Willy return to the wild. Now, Phillips is working to help two other whales in captivity at a closed marine ...

In the late 80s and early 90s, kids could not escape orca mania. Credit: Micco Caporale As much as Free Willy was a product of profit-driven whale worship, it was also a widely distributed ...

‘Orca – Black & White Gold’ is shining a spotlight on the realities of orca capture and captivity in the Far East, continuing the legacy of rallying public audiences to reject a morally ...

Animal activists are set to descend on the Cannes Film Festival for a screening of ‘Orca – Black & White Gold' Terra Mater Brings Documentary ‘Orca – Black & White Gold’ to Cannes ...