The animal health and care teams at the aquarium noticed she was dealing with bumps that turned out to be cysts.

The whale is related to the tusked “unicorn” whale known as the narwhal. The beluga is not related to the sturgeon of the same name, which has been heavily fished for its famous caviar. 1:25 ...

It’s the 18-metre skeleton of a blue whale mounted to the ceiling — the centrepiece of the Beaty Centre for Marine Biodiversity, which is projected to open later this year in the space. Research ...

An installation odyssey. The whale from which the skeleton was sourced was originally found beached near Liverpool, N.S. in 2017. A fundraiser called the Blue Whale Project was born shortly thereafter ...

Whales have hair. Although they don’t look furry, whales do have hair, Hodgins says, explaining that some whales and dolphins are born with what look like whiskers on their beaks. These whiskers ...

Mystic Aquarium has over 300 species of animals, including beluga whales, penguins, sharks and giant octopuses, its website adds. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

“Humpback whales often exhibit inquisitive, friendly behavior towards boats and human swimmers,” said co-lead author Jodi Frediani, marine wildlife photographer and U.C. Davis Affiliate.

Six gray whales have been found dead in the wider San Francisco Bay Area in the last seven days, raising the total number of dead whales in the region to 15 for the year. Top News U.S. News ...

Egypt’s Sahara desert is home to around 600 Basilosaurus fossils. Basilosaurus means “king lizard,” but this creature was actually ancient whale. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

Scientists studying ancient human remains uncovered in Colombia have found that the people they were researching have no known ancestors or modern descendants. In a study published May 30 in the ...

A narwhal has been adopted by a pod of beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River, according to CBC, and please be warned, the wholesomeness of this story may be completely overwhelming. The narwhal ...

Benny the beluga whale is a long way from home. After sightings of the animal swimming in London's River Thames went viral on Twitter on Tuesday, scientists and marine rescuers have expressed ...