Of this year’s corny family heartwarmers based on true aquatic stories of coping with the loss of appendages, director Charles Martin Smith’s boy-and-his-dolphin melodrama at least earns your empathy ...

The story of how Winter, a New Smyrna Beach, Fla., dolphin, lost her tail and became the star attraction of the Clearwater Aquarium becomes an adorable kids' film in "Dolphin Tale." No, this isn't how ...

While swimming free in the ocean, a young dolphin gets caught in a trap and severely damages her tail. Though she is rescued and transported to Clearwater Marine Hospital, her tail cannot be saved, ...