Sometimes a singular incident can trigger a wave of enormous and lasting proportions. In late 1987, one such wave washed over Sea World, San Diego and sent the entertainment park’s owner, Harcourt ...

Six weeks after being rumored near death, killer whale matriarch Kasatka, seen in the critical movie “Blackfish,” has died at SeaWorld San Diego, the park announced late Tuesday night. Nearly 42 years ...

During a live show at SeaWorld San Diego in 2007, experienced trainer Ken Peters was performing with the orca Kasatka when ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Veterinarians at SeaWorld San Diego have euthanized the matriarch of its killer whale clan following a battle with lung disease. Marine park officials said ...

Two weeks ago, an orca named Kasatka intentionally grabbed and pulled her trainer underwater twice-nearly killing him in the process. Kasatka is a performer for Sea World Adventure Park, San Diego.

Three of the marine park’s killer whales, the stars of the water show, have died in the last 12 months as they struggle to survive in the cramped and disease-ridden artificial environment. Last week ...

An orca has died at SeaWorld, San Diego, after struggling for years with a bacterial infection. Kasatka is the third killer whale to have died at one of the SeaWorld parks in 2017. "We are saddened to ...