Tilikum was SeaWorld’s most famous orca — a massive captive whale who had already been linked to deadly incidents before the world truly knew his name. In 2010, after what seemed like a normal show in ...

On February 24, 2010, an animal trainer named Dawn Brancheau was killed during a routine performance with an orca at SeaWorld ...

Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld parks, has ...

Tilikum, the SeaWorld killer whale whose troubles are chronicled in the 2013 documentary Blackfish, is suffering from a bacterial infection in his lungs, SeaWorld said Tuesday. The massive killer ...

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 late. Dawn ...

Just three days after a six-ton killer whale battered and drowned his trainer in front of a horrified crowd, SeaWorld opened again this weekend in Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego. Tilikum, the Orca ...

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 ...