The show was almost over. Hundreds of people were still watching from the stands at SeaWorld San Diego. In the pool, veteran trainer Ken Peters was working with an orca […]
The edge of the pool was still visible. Staff were nearby. Spectators had not yet completely left. And three killer whales were moving through the water around a young woman […]
The park was closed. The crowds were gone. Around Shamu Stadium, the noise of the day had disappeared. But somewhere inside SeaWorld Orlando, one visitor apparently had not left with […]
At first, Daniel barely looked up. He was sitting on the living-room sofa folding laundry when his six-year-old stepdaughter, Lily, asked a question that sounded completely ordinary. “Is Mark coming […]
From above, the pool looked even smaller. A black-and-white killer whale moved through blue-green water. She crossed the tank. Turned. Then crossed it again. Concrete surrounded her on every side. […]
For nearly twelve years, the passenger seat had belonged to Max. It did not matter whether Daniel was driving five minutes to the grocery store or two hours out of […]
The morning air over the sub-Antarctic waters was freezing and thick with heavy grey fog. Aboard an offshore marine tracking vessel, researchers were scanning the glass-like surface of the sea. […]
When people first spotted the two enormous shapes moving through California’s inland waterways in May 2007, there was something immediately wrong with the picture. They were humpback whales. One was […]
When the young orca was returned to seawater, something changed almost immediately. After spending time in a temporary pool beside the coast, the calf was moved back into a sea […]
The temperature over the remote Arctic fjord had plummeted to a bitter sub-zero threshold overnight. When marine researchers aboard an ice-strengthened research vessel peered through the heavy morning mist, the […]