Norway and the United States have hit the Miami Seaquarium with a one- two knockout punch on the marine park's request to capture Keiko the killer whale and put him back in a tank. The aquarium ...

SEATTLE (AP) — An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have ...

Almost two decades after his capture, Keiko the killer whale is heading home to his native Icelandic waters. The “Free Willy” star will be hitching a ride aboard a C-17 cargo plane. Barring weather ...

The story of Keiko is a fascinating and tragic one. The male orca was born in the waters off Iceland in 1977 and was nearly two years old when he was captured by fishermen. He was taken in the ...

Despite $20 million and the best of intentions, the killer whale who starred in the movie “Free Willy” never lived a free life. Keiko wasn’t accepted by orcas in his home waters off Iceland and had to ...

Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the "Free Willy" movies, has died in Norwegian coastal waters where he remained after millions of dollars and a decade of work failed to coax him back to the ...

Whale deja vu all over again. Oregonians who lived here at the time remember the colossal media hype involving Keiko's 1998 move from a Mexican water park to Newport. If nothing else, it was the ...

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