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.

Marine biologists have long been intrigued by the apparent repulsion exhibited by the Beluga whales towards artificial ... so this is why the skilled Russian Natalia Avseenko, 36 took on this ...

which gave rise to a theory picked up by the Norwegian media that the beluga whale had allegedly been tamed and used by Russian intelligence to gather information. The whale was nicknamed ...

Why we may soon see more Arctic hybrids like the pizzly Why we may soon see more Arctic hybrids like the pizzly The strange saga of Hvaldimir the ‘Russian spy whale’ The strange saga of ...

A beluga whale found off Norway's coast wearing a special Russian harness was probably trained by the Russian navy, a Norwegian expert says. Marine biologist Prof Audun Rikardsen said the harness ...

When a beluga approached their boat, one hunter would jump on the whale’s back and slip a lasso ... grieve and—according to one Russian scientist’s study—likely dream in it as well.

Beluga whales can reach a size of six metres (20 ... Those include the Barents Sea, a geopolitically important area where Western and Russian submarine movements are monitored.

Beluga whales, also known as ‘white whales’, are social and ... This has been exploited by aquariums and zoos, and even by the United States' and Russian Navies. Belugas also have features that make ...

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 ...

When it comes to quirky animal behaviors, few are more charming than 2,000-pound beluga whales blowing delicate bubbles. But why do they do it? To find out, researchers spent eight years gathering ...