Whales are dangerous in captivity because of their tremendous size, experts said. Annette Eckis Godsey, the victim of a 1972 incident, had to have 200 stitches from the waist down when a killer ...

The French government has been urged to reconsider rehoming two stranded killer whales in Canada. Wikie, 23, and her ...

Fifty-two years after Lolita the killer whale entered captivity, the orca may return to the ocean and possibly reunite with her aging mother. Activists are gaining ground in a decades-long mission ...

In the audio recording, a killer whale named Wilkie can be heard imitating speech, producing the same sounds of words such as ...

In captivity, whales breach the surface more ... some experts think speed could also be a factor. In the wild, killer whales swim on average 3 to 4 mph and can sprint at speeds up to 34 mph.

Orcas (also known as killer whales) are inherently unsuited to being held in captivity, due to their ranging habits, size, longevity, intelligence, sociality, and acoustic needs. Orca sociality is ...

He is the largest orca in captivity and is often kept in a small ... no small matter and significant risk would be involved. The whale has to be placed in a specially designed sling, hoisted ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The killer whale Tokitae, also known as Lolita, may finally be released after more than 50 years in captivity in the world's smallest orca enclosure. Billionaire ...

These roundups have affected whale populations for decades. Tokitae, or Lolita, was an orca who was captured in a separate roundup in 1970. Tokitae remained in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium ...

Erich Hoyt, author of “Orca: The Whale Called Killer,” told Live Science ... Unlike orcas encountering people in the wild, in captivity, the story is different. There have been dozens of ...