Dawn Brancheau, the trainer killed by a whale yesterday at Sea World (Orlando) was a native of Cedar Lake, Indiana. Brancheau, 40, died from drowning yesterday afternoon when the whale Tilikum grabbed her and pulled her under. From ABC 7: more ›

Qannik, the first successful male beluga whale born through the Shedd Aquarium's captive beluga breeding program, died from a bacterial blood infection according to a report released by the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington three weeks after his death on March 28 . He was 8-years-old. more ›