Thousands of beluga whales are captivating visitors in Canada's Hudson Bay, while environmental concerns about their future in warming Arctic waters mount. The playful white whales, known for ...

Shedd Aquarium's baby beluga whale was named Opus through an exclusive vote by aquarium members, with over 1,000 votes cast. The name Opus, initially suggested by the animal care team, honors the ...

Playful large white beluga whales bring joy ... There are as many as 200,000 belugas worldwide and the International Union for Conservation of Nature that creates a global endangered list ...

Beluga whales live in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, including around Russia, Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. Most migrate around these seas. ... Bristol Bay, eastern Bering Sea, and eastern Chukchi Sea ...

Playful, large white beluga whales bring joy and healing to Hudson Bay. Their happy chirps leap out in an environment and economy threatened by the warming water melting sea ice, starving polar ...

For instance, while beluga whales are considered a species of least concern by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the population in Alaska’s Cook Inlet is classified as ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

Glittery white, ice-dwelling beluga whales log hours of chattering from their melons as they navigate their frosty world.These canaries of the sea are also among some of the most charismatic ...

But belugas aren’t born white, notes Ragen Davey, Alaska marine representative for the conservation group Defenders of Wildlife. Calves are dark gray and gradually get lighter as they age, becoming ...

Two conservation groups filed a police report Wednesday and alleged that the white beluga was killed by gunfire. ... show the beluga whale after they say it had been shot dead. OneWhale.

Hvaldimir, a beloved whale believed to have escaped a past life as a Russian spy, was found dead over the weekend in what animal rights organizations say were unnatural circumstances. The beluga ...

Beluga whales, unlike polar bears, ... There are as many as 200,000 belugas worldwide and the International Union for Conservation of Nature that creates a global endangered list calls them a species ...