Science on Tap. Mark Simmons, orca expert, speaks 6:30-8:30 p.m.Thursday at the Georgia Aquarium about his new book, "Killing Keiko." Tickets: $17.95. Georgia ...
KILLING KEIKO: THE TRUE STORY OF FREE WILLY’S RETURN TO THE WILD By Mark Simmons Callinectes Press, $15.95, 408 pages The film “Free Willy” captured the imagination of viewers in 1993 with a story ...
Keiko, the killer whale that starred in the film Free Willy, died yesterday, a year after being released into the wild where it remained dependent on humans until the end. The 35ft-long, six-ton orca ...
Orcas learn everything from their mothers: how and what to fish, where to go when winter rolls in, what to do when in danger. But Keiko, the feisty orca hero of the hit movie “Free Willy,” lived most ...
Keiko the killer whale has been making headlines since the early 1990s, when he starred in the popular Free Willy movies. For a look behind the headlines at the effort to return Keiko to the wild, the ...
For nearly 25 years, the Miami Seaquarium’s killer whale, Lolita, has been the star of a sequel that has never been made. In 1995, inspired by the original tale of Keiko, the whale in the 1993 film ...
Keiko the whale, the star of the Free Willy films, is on the point of returning to his native orca group in the wild after 24 years of captivity, according to conservationists. The whale has spent the ...
Washington (CNN)-- In 2002, a male killer whale, or orca, who had been on public display in concrete tanks for 19 years, swam off on his own into the Atlantic Ocean. Keiko, the star of the movie "Free ...
Keiko the killer whale has been making headlines since the early 1990s, when he starred in the popular Free Willy movies. For a look behind the headlines at the effort to return Keiko to the wild, the ...