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.

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 ...

Hvaldimir, a beluga whale suspected of once being a Russian spy, was found dead off the coast of Norway on Saturday. Some vets say he was shot to death.

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

A coalition of non-governmental organizations, headlined ‘Freedom to beluga whales and orcas,’ said on its official page on Russia’s VKontakte social network, citing interviews with locals ...

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 ...