SeaWorld San Diego said its zoological team worked aggressively but unsuccessfully to treat an infection. Nakai's death leaves eight other orcas at the park. SeaWorld's 20-year-old killer whale ...

SAN DIEGO — A 20-year-old killer whale that has been at SeaWorld San Diego since his birth died Thursday night following treatment for an infection, the park announced Friday. Despite aggressive ...

Dawn Brancheau was one of SeaWorld's most experienced trainers before she was mauled to death by Tilikum the killer whale in front of a packed audience. The 40-year-old trainer was set to put on a ...

It could be months before the cause of death for the female killer whale found dead on a Florida beach is determined. A necropsy was performed after she was found Jan. 11, 2023.

The killer whale that drowned three people inspired a movement to end captivity. He died in Orlando on Friday. The orca Tilikum is seen performing at SeaWorld in Orlando in March 2011.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A trainer at SeaWorld Orlando was severely injured last year when one of the park’s killer whales bit her arm, breaking several bones. The incident happened on June 13, 2022 ...

Sea World of Florida, which operates as SeaWorld Orlando, has been cited by OSHA for a general violation the agency says led to a trainer being injured while working with a killer whale. OSHA ...

SeaWorld has been the subject of several safety concerns in recent years. One of the most notable incidents involving a whale trainer came in 2010 when Dawn Brancheau was drowned by a killer whale ...

SeaWorld Orlando fined after trainer hurt by killer whale during exercise OSHA is proposing a fine of $16,550 because SeaWorld allowed "employees to work in close contact with the whale, exposing ...

A 27-year-old man described as a marijuana-smoking drifter hid in SeaWorld until it closed and decided to go swimming with the largest killer whale in captivity, a 22-footer named Tillikum. It did ...

SAN DIEGO — A 20-year-old killer whale that has been at SeaWorld San Diego since his birth died Thursday night following treatment for an infection, the park announced Friday.