SeaWorld Entertainment said Thursday that the killer whales currently living at its facilities will be its last as it will stop breeding them immediately and phase out theatrical orca shows.

Ever since I was 6 years old, I dreamed of working with killer whales. I always loved animals, but I fell for whales in particular during a childhood trip to SeaWorld. They are magnificent ...

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SeaWorld San Diego, long known for its live killer-whale shows, will begin phasing out the performances next year in favor of conservation-based shows, company representatives announced yesterday ...

They closed in 1992, a year after selling their killer whales to SeaWorld. To observers, it may have seemed a curious decision on SeaWorld’s part. After all, why would they want three orcas ...

SeaWorld's plan to end its killer whale breeding program marks "a major step forward toward a humane economy in which corporations respond and adapt to public concerns over animal welfare ...

The California Coastal Commission unanimously approved SeaWorld’s $100 million plan to double the size of its killer whale habitat, despite the pleas of animal activists to release the behemoths ...

151; -- Tilikum, one of SeaWorld's best-known orcas, featured in the documentary "Blackfish," has died, the theme park announced today. The killer whale died early this morning "surrounded by the ...

Tilikum, the killer whale that became infamous for battering and drowning a SeaWorld Orlando trainer, has an apparent lung infection that could kill him. SeaWorld announced Tilikum’s illness ...

After 33 years of living captive in marine park pools, Tilikum, SeaWorld’s best-known killer whale, died this morning, January 6, in Orlando. His death follows SeaWorld’s announcement last ...

SEAWORLD killer whale Kandu V died a horrifying death spouting blood from her blowhole following a fight with another orca. The 14-year-old orca rammed the larger rival during a show, breaking her ...