To ensure Kimalu could wake up smoothly, she was surrounded by her keepers and even played noises from the rest of Shedd’s ...

Kimalu a beluga whale at the Shedd Aquarium, is now the first to recover from general anesthesia following surgery. Experts, removing several cysts on her head and neck, near her blowhole. Dr. Karisa ...

Beluga whales are born grey but acquire their characteristic white colour as they mature into adults. Their amazing adaptations to life in the Arctic makes them fascinating, but also vulnerable to ...

A study from 2020 also revealed that beluga whales form complicated and long-term social bonds that include both kin and non-kin relationships, which mirrors the complexity of human social habits.

Related to this story Beluga whales help Canadian woman heal after polar bear attack There's something healing about belugas. Just ask Erin Greene, who attacked by a polar bear in 2013.

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A beluga whale swims behind a boat through the Churchill River on Aug. 5 near Churchill, Manitoba. The whales are thriving in big numbers and bring what many say is a type of healing for local ...

Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press Oct 6, 2024 Updated Apr 7, 2025 0 Loaded 0% 0:00 ...

A beluga whale swims behind a boat through the Churchill River on Aug. 5 near Churchill, Manitoba. The whales are thriving in big numbers and bring what many say is a type of healing for local ...

After surviving a polar bear attack in 2013, she found solace in the whales' presence. A beluga whale swims in Hudson Bay outside Churchill, northern Canada, on August 9, 2022.

This photo provided by OneWhale.org on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shows manager Regina Haug next to the carcass of the beluga whale Hvaldimir, who was found dead on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.

Weighing in at 2,488 pounds, Nunavik will now be the largest whale at the Aquarium. He is getting comfortable in his new home and settling in with female beluga whales Maple, Shila, Qinu, and Whisper.