A humpback whale baby is weaned at around seven months when it begins to eat small fish and other sea creatures. However, a beluga whale baby starts to eat solid food at around 12-18 months old, but ...

The seven-month-old baby beluga whale at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, seen on Thursday, March 6, 2025, now has a name, Opus, after more than 1,000 votes were cast by aquarium members.

A fourth name option was Leucas for the scientific name of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas. Visitors at the Shedd Aquarium watch Opus, the seven-month-old baby beluga on March 6, 2025.

The average size of a Beluga calf is about 5 feet long and 119-140 pounds. Talk about a big baby! They are born grey but will develop their signature white color as they mature.

This is the unbelievable moment a boat full of stunned tourists got the shock of their lives when a gigantic humpback whale breached right in front of them, almost swamping their tiny boat.

There’s a new calf in town. A beluga whale calf, that is. Naya, a 35-year-old beluga whale at Shedd Aquarium, gave birth Wednesday evening. The calf was born shortly after 6 p.m. and took its ...

Naya, a 35-year-old beluga whale at Shedd Aquarium, gave birth Wednesday evening. The calf was born shortly after 6 p.m. and took its first breath of air at the water’s surface just after that.

On April 26, 2019, a beluga whale appeared near Tufjord, a village in northern Norway, immediately alarming fishermen in the area. Belugas in that part of the world typically inhabit the remote ...

Thar she blows. A resourceful beluga whale is earning props online after devising an ingenious “Moby trick” to retrieve a lost ball that had popped outside its tank. While the clip is from ...

Researchers are watching to see if a pod of beluga whales that took in a stray narwhal could one day produce a baby “narluga” — a cross between the two species.

A narwhal who strayed from his Arctic habitat was taken in by beluga whales, showing up each year since 2016 in the Saint Lawrence River. Now, researchers are watching to see if the unusual pod could ...