Keiko was the 15-year-old orca that played Willy in the movie. He became the first captive orca ever to return to the wild.

Miller was a natural resource specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the science-heavy federal agency that forecasts weather, tsunamis and hurricanes, regulates ...

Keiko, the orca, might have been honoured for his 1993 performance in Free Willy. The little mongooses in the BBC’s Meercats United TV offering should have taken a statuette home in 1994.

The Center for Whale Research confirmed Sunday that the new orca calf in the J pod, J62, is female. During a sighting on Feb. 8, researchers said J62 appeared to be “doing well” and is ...

Akihiro's daughter, Keiko, was abducted in 1983 while traveling in Europe after completing a study program in Britain. She was found to be in North Korea in 1988. She has not been repatriated.

A TikTok video posted earlier this week of a dead orca that was discovered washed up on a beach in Yzerfontein has sparked widespread speculation. Viewers wondering if the deceased orca could be ...

In a story that seems like it was pulled directly from a Grimm's fairy tale, one man is lucky to be alive after being swallowed by a whale. A pair of kayakers were floating off the coast of Chile when ...

CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge-based software company Orca Scan is proud to announce the launch of its new web-based Barcode Label Designer, a new and innovative tool ...

Killer whales (orca) are massive aquatic mammals and members of the dolphin family. Even though these creatures may resemble other gentle giants in the sea, the killer whale lives up to its name. They ...