The enigma of the harnessed beluga whale spotted off the coast of Norway ... could have been a Russian escapee from a military base in the Arctic Circle, presumably before finishing its training.

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white. Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims ...

In the summer of 2020, researchers from the University of Manitoba set up a time-lapse camera overlooking the Churchill River ...

Beluga whales, also known as ‘white whales’, are social and smart marine mammals that are well adapted to living in very cold waters. Their incredible echolocation abilities, however, make them ...

Beluga whales are called the canaries of the sea because ... The change in ice is part of an overall altering of the base of the food chain: plankton. When those tiny creatures change it means ...

The white beluga whale is a very distinctive species. Unlike other cetaceans their vertebrae are not fused so they are able move their heads laterally. A strange melon-like lump on their forehead ...

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 ...

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white. Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims ...