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.

A peachy-colored baby killer whale was seen bonding and socializing with her family off Washington, drone footage shows. The endangered calf, J-62, was filmed during a Feb. 17 encounter off San ...

Three distinct pods include JPod, KPod and LPod. Each orca can be identified by a unique dorsal fin and saddle patch. Salish Sea orcas are socially and genetically isolated from other orcas found in ...

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.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sea rescuers and wildlife activists in dinghies approach a whale to cut it loose from fishing nets off the ...

The rock tour has officially been canceled. After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth safe from “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4. On Tuesday, the space ...

This compact and portable system addresses the growing need for effective counter-unmanned aerial systems in modern military operations.

Keiko at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in 1998. Keiko was a male orca, born in Iceland in 1976. Captured at two years old, he was sold to an aquarium. In 1985, he was transferred to a theme park in Mexico ...

PEKAN, Feb 24 — The decomposed of a beached whale was discovered at Sungai Miang Beach, Pahang, according to the state Fisheries Department. Acting on public reports, a team from the Pahang Fisheries ...

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"The NASA JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) now lists the 2024 YR4 impact probability as 0.00005 (0.005%) or 1-in-20,000 for its passage by Earth in 2032," Richard Binzel, Professor ...