The adult female, seeking a new home with her calf after the closure of Marineland in France, faces the grim reality of ...

In 1995, Robert Small and Douglas DeMaster calculated annual survivorship rates (ASRs) in captive orcas and compared these results to the ASRs of wild orcas living in the Pacific Northwest of North ...

Orcas and other dolphins work in groups ... Many cetaceans have been violently captured from the wild, with no hope of ever being reunited with their families. Once in captivity, the animals are ...

The phenomenon is more common in captivity, but people have also seen wild orcas with curved fins. So, the cause cannot be captivity alone. Ultimately, what's going on is the collagen in the ...

Although wild killer whales do not intentionally harm ... Marine biologists don't know why captive orcas are more violent, but stress likely plays a role. Orcas are very social creatures and ...

"And again, because him being a social animal in the wild, a male Orca ... The group told The Sun: "Orcas are complex, gregarious, three-dimensional creatures who in captivity are forced to ...

Orcas kept in captivity were known to suffer from physical ... The natural place for a whale or dolphin is in the wild." There are few examples of captive marine mammals being successfully freed.

Corky became pregnant seven times while in captivity, but none of her offspring ... The Nature of Things documentary Listening to Orcas. In the wild, orcas stay with their mothers their entire ...

The last two performing orcas in ­captivity in France are facing an ­uncertain future after their marine park closed. Marineland shut at the start of the month due to a law banning shows with ...

Now, he is working to save 2 other orcas from captivity. Keiko, the orca from the film, was taken from the wild as a young whale. Therefore, he spent the majority of his life in captivity rather ...