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

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

The whale rises from the river without so much as a suggestive swirl of water, a few dozen shimmering tons of black skin and pearl-white flukes so close it blocks our view of the horizon. “Markie, ...

Are beluga whales sociable? Beluga whales are very social animals and can show great curiosity towards humans. They usually live in groups of five to 25 individuals but can congregate in mega-pods of ...

A pod often contains 20 or more whales, and groups of more than a thousand have been reported in the past. Like so many other whales, belugas declined in numbers in most regions when they were ...

Attitudes differ about whether beluga whales should be displayed in an enormous aquarium for people to watch and learn about. Some animal rights organizations object to the removal of any belugas ...

Just as Hulberg got down on one knee, the 16-year-old female beluga named Quin, who was swimming in a tank behind the couple, literally dropped her jaw! The audience in attendance at the aquarium was ...

A beluga whale named Qinu had an adorable reaction to Olivia Walsh and Gavin Hulberg's engagement at Georgia Aquarium on Dec. 18. 'Qinu’s behavior at the window was her own — she was not ...

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 ...

Erin Greene says beluga whales have helped bring joy into her life after a traumatic animal attack. The whales have become a tourist fixture in Churchill, Manitoba, where Greene leads paddle ...

Hvaldimir, Norway's beloved beluga whale, has been found dead, according to conservationists. Hvaldimir, famed for his many interactions with locals, was considered a young whale at about 15 years ...