ORLANDO, Fla. — Employees wept and audience members grew silent Saturday at SeaWorld as the theme park’s popular killer whale show resumed with a photo montage memorial for a trainer who was ...

The show had been shut down since veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, died Wednesday after rubbing a 22-foot, 12,000-pound orca named Tilikum. The animal grabbed her ponytail and pulled her into ...

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The much-anticipated, revamped killer whale show at SeaWorld San Diego debuted this weekend, replacing the previous attraction that had generated controversy for years from animal rights activists.

The “Orca Encounter” show is put on multiple times daily, and it’s included in regular SeaWorld Orlando admission. For times and more information, go to seaworldorlando.com.

SeaWorld Orlando will begin the new year by changing out its centerpiece killer-whale show, replacing “One Ocean” with “Orca Encounter,” the theme park has confirmed. The final day for ...

Keeping a whale is an expensive proposition. When Keiko, the orca that starred in the movie "Free Willy," came to the Oregon Coast Aquarium in the 1990s, it cost $7.8 million to construct his habitat.

SeaWorld San Diego has 11 orcas between the ages of 2 and 52. The final orca show comes just two days after Tilikum, the whale at the center of the 2013 "Blackfish" documentary, died at SeaWorld ...

It started with a killer whale named Shamu, who arrived at SeaWorld San Diego shortly after it opened half a century ago. Embattled SeaWorld to overhaul killer whale show - Los Angeles Times ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Employees wept and audience members grew silent Saturday at SeaWorld as the theme park’s popular killer whale show resumed with a photo montage memorial for a trainer who was ...

The new orca show also comes after the park's revenue and attendance has suffered since the release of the 2013 documentary film, "Blackfish," which chronicled the life of an orca named Tilikum, ...