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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tilikum, the most famous and infamous killer whale in the United States, died Friday after a long illness, SeaWorld announced. The many-tonned orca—believed to be 36 years old—likely succumbed to a ...

ORLANDO, FL Horrified visitors who had stuck around after a noontime show watched the animal charge through the pool with the trainer in its jaws. Workers used nets as an alarm sounded, but it was too ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Tilikum, the orca who killed several people and was featured in the documentary "Blackfish" making the case against keeping orcas in captivity, died on Friday, SeaWorld ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld and the family of a trainer slain by a killer whale want to suppress video footage of the attack. Dawn Brancheau was killed two weeks ago after being thrashed underwater ...

Well, God bless Willie Nelson. The country legend has canceled a coming performance at SeaWorld Orlando because of a CNN documentary called Blackfish, a profoundly disturbing account of the theme park ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The former head trainer at SeaWorld spoke out Friday and said mistakes by trainer Dawn Brancheau led to her death. "It looks like to me she made a mistake," Thad Lacinik told WFTV. RAW ...