If you watch one documentary this year, let it be "Blackfish." It traces the capture and confinement of Tilikum, a killer whale, who dismembered Seaworld trainer Dawn Brancheau during a live show in ...

The film "Blackfish," a critical documentary on the treatment of orcas and trainer safety at SeaWorld and other aquatic parks, has been a trending topic on social media. "I think it was really ...

Tilikum (born c. 1981), sometimes misspelled Tillikum, is a bull orca who lives in captivity at SeaWorld Orlando, Florida, in the United States, and formerly Sealand of the Pacific in South Oak Bay at ...

SAN DIEGO — A federal trial is set to get underway in San Diego next month to hear evidence in a longstanding class-action suit claiming SeaWorld deceived investors about the negative impact from the ...

WORCESTER — Native Americans called orca whales "blackfish" out of respect for the awesome creatures. While friendly in the wild, the orca was "not to be meddled with." The documentary "Blackfish" ...

Has there ever been a film as damaging to a company as "Blackfish"? Shares of SeaWorld Entertainment (SEAS) fell to a record low Wednesday after the company reported a disappointing quarter due, in ...

Advocates of rights for whales and dolphins made strides last night, as the documentary Blackfish aired on CNN during prime-time hours. The film tells the story of orca whales kept in captivity at the ...

Think of the riveting “Blackfish” as the psychological portrait of a killer. A killer who happens to be a whale. The documentary opens with an exchange in which a 911 operator asks, “A whale just ate ...

What the Oscar-winning 2009 documentary “The Cove” did for dolphin slaughter in Japan, “Blackfish” may do for killer whales living in captivity while performing at marine parks. Like “The Cove” and ...

<i>The main entrance to Sea World Orlando features a replica of a lighthouse with "Shamu" on it. Shamu is the stage name given to all of the company's killer whales. (Yelena Orrelly/WUFT News) </i> It ...