Keiko was the 15-year-old orca that played Willy in the movie. He became the first captive orca ever to return to the wild. In 1977, Keiko was born in the waters of Iceland. When ...

Keiko, the orca, might have been honoured for his 1993 performance in Free Willy. The little mongooses in the BBC’s Meercats United TV offering should have taken a statuette home in 1994.

By The Learning Network What can we learn from the real-life story of Keiko, the orca who starred in the hit children’s movie “Free Willy”? By The Learning Network Is becoming an ...

Keiko (Honda) Omans, 93, passed away peacefully on February 9, 2025, surrounded by loved ones at the Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. Keiko was born on September 13, 1931 in Kyushu, Japan.

But it seems that Keiko, the most famous whale in the world, cannot live without human contact, as the main picture shows. The 33ft-long star of the film Free Willy is frolicking in a Norwegian ...

OUTER BANKS, N.C. — A rare sighting was made about a week ago off the coast of Kitty Hawk: a killer whale! An aerial survey team from Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute ...

On March 13, an aerial survey team from the Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute spotted an orca, also known as the killer whale, near Kitty Hawk, located in the Outer Banks ...