Tilikum was a male orca who almost lived his whole life in captivity. He was only two years old when authorities captured him in the waters off the coast of Iceland in 1983. At first, he lived in a ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at ...

Tilikum, the SeaWorld killer whale whose troubles are chronicled in the 2013 documentary Blackfish, is suffering from a bacterial infection in his lungs, SeaWorld said Tuesday. The massive killer ...

Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld parks, has ...

If you watch one documentary this year, let it be "Blackfish." It traces the capture and confinement of Tilikum, a killer whale, who dismembered Seaworld trainer Dawn Brancheau during a live show in ...

Reaction to the horror at SeaWorld, a nightmare seldom seen outside Peter Benchley's imagination, has run the exhausted gamut. "Kill. The. Fish." was one talk-radio host's suggestion. "Save the whale" ...

If you’ve ever paid to see one of those Sea World shows, you may wish you hadn’t after seeing a new documentary called “Blackfish.” Eleven million visitors per year see the various Sea World shows in ...

SeaWorld is fighting OSHA citations that may put its famous shows in jeopardy. Sept. 22, 2011 — -- SeaWorld Orlando and federal officials are sparring in a Florida courtroom this week over ...

WASHINGTON — Reaction to the horror at SeaWorld, a nightmare seldom seen outside Peter Benchley's imagination, has run the exhausted gamut. "Kill. The. Fish." was one talk-radio host's suggestion.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tilikum the orca has died after more than two decades at SeaWorld Orlando, where he gained notoriety for killing a trainer in 2010 and was later profiled in a documentary that ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tilikum the orca has died after more than two decades at SeaWorld Orlando, where he gained notoriety for killing a trainer in 2010 and later was profiled in a documentary that helped ...