The transcriptome (or sum total of the messenger RNA) of the white shark showed greater similarity to the human transcriptome ...

Baby beluga whales are some of the most unique whales in the entire ocean. They have special adaptations that set them apart ...

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 can live up to 80 years. Mother belugas give birth to babies that are gray and weigh well over 100 pounds. When they assume their full adult coloration of pure snow white ...

Back in 2020, a project from the Sea Life Trust saw two beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, freed from captivity in China and transferred to an open water sanctuary in the ocean for the ...

Although the beluga sturgeon shares its name with the more famous beluga whale, the two species are unrelated. “Beluga” comes from the Russian word “belaya,” which means white. So, what ...

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 ...

Footage shows the child sitting next to the white whale's enclosure while ... visitors in awe and amusement. Beluga sturgeons are found in the Caspian and Black seas. The lack of melanin in ...

ON HUDSON BAY — Beluga whales are called the canaries ... Yet they are still thriving in huge numbers. The big white whales bring healing to a town, tourists and residents around them.

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The Associated Press ON HUDSON BAY — Playful large white beluga whales bring joy and healing to Hudson Bay. Their happy chirps leap out in an environment and economy threatened by the warming ...