TAKNES BAY, Norway -- Keiko the "Free Willy" whale still doesn't want to be free. It's been about a year since Keiko was freed from his pen -- and swam straight back to human companionship. With the ...

"The Good Whale" from "The New York Times" and Serial Productions follows Keiko the orca's journey from animal actor to free whale Serial Productions is ready to share a whale of a tale. The New York ...

The new six-episode podcast from "The New York Times" and Serial Productions follows Keiko the orca's journey from animal actor to free whale PEOPLE has an exclusive first listen of the trailer for ...

OSLO, Norway -- For kids, Keiko the killer whale was the charming hero of "Free Willy." For biologists, he was the focus of fierce debate on whether captive animals could be returned to the wild.

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 ...

Researchers find that the star of 'Free Willy' should not have been released. April 28, 2009— -- Willy was never really free. The killer whale star of the Hollywood movie Free Willy had to be ...

Whale advocacy groups are putting out a call to name the next baby orca born in Washington after Jessica Rekos, a 6-year-old who was killed Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SEATTLE (AP) — An ambitious plan announced ...