PORTLAND, Ore. -- Keiko's caretakers say it may take longer than first thought to get the killer whale ready for release and are looking around Iceland for a second home for him in the meantime. The ...

The story of Keiko is a fascinating and tragic one. The male orca was born in the waters off Iceland in 1977 and was nearly two years old when he was captured by fishermen. He was taken in the ...

A random Betacam tape pull from the archive yields a story about Keiko, the whale featured in the movie “Free Willy” who ...

It has been more than 28 years since Keiko landed with a splash in Oregon. Keiko who, you may ask? Keiko was a male orca captured in the Atlantic Ocean near Iceland in 1979 as a 2-year-old. He was ...

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 ...

A whale known to many in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest will get the star treatment in a new podcast this month. Serial Productions and the New York Times will release “The Good Whale,” a six-part ...

More than 20 years ago, Keiko the Orca, star of the movie Free Willy, died in Taknes Fjord in Norway after being released ...

OSLO, Norway - Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the Free Willy movies, and the most famous resident of the Oregon coast Aquarium in Newport, died at an age considered old for a whale in ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — Keiko the killer whale, star of the Free Willy films of the 1990s, was memorialized Friday night as one who bonded with humans and taught them patience and trust. About 700 mostly ...

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 ...