SeaWorld Orlando introduced a new killer-whale show to theme park guests this week. “Orca Encounter” retains crowd favorites such as the dramatic leaps into the air and soak zones, but there ...

“I think Orca Encounter will be a great new experience, I just wish it wasn’t wrapped in the same packaging as ending orcas in human care,” said Davis, a SeaWorld loyalist since first ...

Much is riding on SeaWorld’s Orca Encounter, but one thing is not — trainers.At the climax of the park’s discontinued Shamu show, trainers climbed onto killer whales and soared in… ...

The California Coastal Commission on Friday approved SeaWorld San Diego's new killer whale facility to replace the theatrical shows of year's past.

The iconic Shamu show is now gone, although it lives on, sort of, in what’s now called Orca Encounter. The park no longer breeds killer whales but still has a healthy population of eight orcas.

SeaWorld has reportedly denied claims that it purposely bred giant "Jurassic World"-style orcas before their breeding program was shuttered.

The orca "gently and briefly closed its mouth on a trainer’s arm while the trainer was working to clean its mouth," a spokesperson for SeaWorld said.

SeaWorld has denied claims from a former employee that it created hybrid Jurassic World -style orcas. Former SeaWorld orca trainer John Hargrove told The Sun newspaper recently that, when the park ...

A 20-year-old captive orca named Nakai died on Thursday night in California while veterinarians were treating an infection, SeaWorld announced on Friday.

The Brief OSHA cited SeaWorld Orlando and fined them $16,550 after a trainer was injured during a September 2024 training exercise with a killer whale due to inadequate safety protections ...