Shedd Aquarium’s baby beluga now has a name: Opus. It’s a musical term — meaning a set of compositions — that honors his father Beethoven and nods to the high-pitched songs that have led ...

In a large tank filled with cold water, an orphaned beluga calf slurps and gulps with gusto six times a day. Feeding time for this bouncing baby boy in the 24/7 critical care unit of the Alaska ...

Oct. 24, 2006 — -- The beluga whale born recently at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is getting her own personality, but now she needs a name, and "Good Morning America" viewers are going to help ...

The baby beluga arrived on the scene at about 2 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 27. The calf is 4 1/2 feet long and weighs about 150 pounds. The new baby is the sixth beluga calf born at Shedd.

“Baby Beluga” and Raffi Cavoukian -- known simply as Raffi to his millions of fans -- soundtracked childhoods in the '80s and early '90s. The 67-year-old children’s singer isn’t touring as ...

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a team of veterinarians went into overdrive when they discovered a beluga whale calf separated from its mother on a rocky, Alaska beach. Special ...

It's a fitting name in more ways than one, because this baby beluga is certainly his parents' magnum opus! Related: Sweet Update on 6-Month-Old Beluga Whale at Shedd Aquarium Has People in Love.

ATLANTA – A young beluga calf, heralded as a milestone for whales born in captivity, has died. The Georgia Aquarium says the female calf, not yet a month old, died Friday morning next to her ...

CHICAGO – Shedd Aquarium welcomed a new resident Wednesday evening: a baby beluga whale born to 35-year-old mother, Naya! Earlier in the day, the aquarium said its animal care team realized N… ...

But for now, the baby beluga seems content with his caregivers. He head butts them in the water and chirps and clicks to them. “He’s very tactile,” Goertz said.