Marine biologists have long been intrigued by the apparent repulsion exhibited by the Beluga whales towards artificial ... The average human would suffer severe hypothermic shock if left in ...

The melon in their head can also change shape while making sounds and their face muscles can move, creating ‘expressions’ that can appear amusingly human. The characterful face of a beluga whale.

Beluga whales are called the canaries of the sea because ... They have no desire to hurt the human.” It doesn't hurt that the whales have gotten to know Greene. Vergara has no doubt that they ...

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

The name is also a nod to whale’s father and the high-pitched songs that have led these mammals to be dubbed the “canaries of the sea.” ...

Thousands of beluga whales are captivating visitors in ... Losing subpopulations of belugas would be like losing a human language, she said. While belugas are currently not endangered, scientists ...

If they add graceful, charismatic and supple to the description, they are probably talking about a beluga whale. I remember ... but they do so with near-human facial expressions and big, imploring ...

ABASHIRI, Hokkaido--Fisherman Yoichi Ishigaki has such fond memories of a lone but sociable beluga whale he bonded with while battling cancer that he erected a memorial to his “friend” after ...

They're also able to dive much further below the water's surface than human divers, without getting decompression sickness, or "the bends." They're trained to patrol areas near nuclear-powered ...