Beware if you’re in the poop zone! Tourists at SeaWorld San Antonio didn’t expect the orca splash zone to feature a wave of killer whale fecal matter. Audience member Alex Bermudez, who captured the poop soup moment on video, revealed everyone’s reaction to an orca jumping in its glass tank and then spraying them with … Read more
Free Lolita! Fifty years after being captured in the Pacific Ocean and taken to the Miami Seaquarium, Lolita the orca is set to be released. For years, animal rights activists have argued that Lolita should be returned to her home pod in Puget Sound — and now she’ll finally make that journey to the Pacific … Read more
Kiska, known as the “world’s loneliest” orca, died Friday at Marineland in Ontario, Canada. Marineland confirmed the 47-year-old female whale’s death in a statement, saying, “Marineland’s marine mammal care team and experts did everything possible to support Kiska’s comfort and will mourn her loss.” Kiska, Canada’s last captive orca, spent the last 12 years in solitary … Read more