What appears to be "knees" in these viral images is actually a view of a beluga whale's specialized fat deposits. These midline paunches aren't evidence of leg-like appendages but rather strategic ...

Beluga feed on fish, crustaceans, and worms. The whale is related to the tusked “unicorn” whale known as the narwhal. The beluga is not related to the sturgeon of the same name, which has been ...

Beluga whales are the only whales, other than narwhals, a closely related species, that live exclusively in arctic and subarctic waters. Like many other arctic animals, belugas are white. In fact, the ...