Lolita, the oldest orca held in captivity, died on Friday — less than five months after the Miami Seaquarium announced plans to release her back into her native ocean waters.

BELOVED orca Lolita, who was known for her mind-blowing tricks and decades spent in captivity, died just weeks after she was ...

Officials announced Thursday plans to return Lolita — an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years — to its home waters in the Pacific Northwest.

Lolita the Orca Will Return to the Sea After 50 Years in a Tank She's spent a half-century at an amusement park. Soon, one of the world's most iconic orcas will return to her native habitat.

Tokitae, also known as Lolita or Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut, the last surviving southern resident killer whale in captivity, died in Florida on Friday afternoon, the Miami Seaquarium said. Tokitae ...

Lolita, a 57-year-old orca, was captured in 1970 in a cove off Seattle The plan to return Lolita to her natural habitat requires federal approval Seaquarium's previous owner, SeaWorld ...

Lolita, a.k.a. Tokitae, is on track to be released from the Miami Seaquarium to her native waters on the West Coast. Her journey is a story of humans devaluing animal life.

SEATTLE — An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a Southern Resident orca held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled ...

Lolita, an orca whale who served as a main attraction at the Miami Seaquarium, died Friday just as plans were in motion to free her from five decades of captivity.. In social media posts, the ...

Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Nuri Vallbona, Miami Herald The entrance to Miami Seaquarium is seen ...

Lolita has been at the Miami Seaquarium on Virginia Key since 1970, after she was separated from her pod and captured in the Pacific Northwest. Since her arrival, Lolita has become a tourist ...

Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. An unlikely coalition made up of a theme park owner, an animal rights ...