14, seeks to explore the fascinating, heartbreaking, and captivating story of a captive killer whale named Keiko who captured ...

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news subscribers. Supported by We want to hear your stories of the beloved celebrity orca ...

"The Good Whale" from "The New York Times" and Serial Productions follows Keiko the orca's journey from animal actor to free ...

Oregonians may have a special place in their hearts for Keiko, the killer whale that became famous because of the Oregon-filmed movie, “Free Willy,” and who later lived at the Oregon Coast ...

Simply sign up to the Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When Keiko, a male orca, was cast in the film Free Willy in the early 1990s, it was largely because he was unemployed.

According to a release from The Good Whale, after Free Willy became an unexpected hit, fans learned the orca who played Willy in the movie — a killed whale named Keiko — was ill and living in a pool ...

The killer whale which was recorded mimicking human ... of captive marine mammals being successfully freed. In 2003 Free Willy star Keiko died, 18 months after being released into the wild in ...

The millions of Keiko fans around the world finally learn the truth about what really happened when the Free Willy star became the first and only captive orca to be released back into the wild.

Serial Productions and the New York Times will release “The Good Whale,” a six-part podcast series detailing the story of Keiko ... killer whale starred in the 1993 film "Free Willy" and ...