Sometimes we come across video clips that are not what they first appear to be. This YouTube clip of a beluga whale playing with a rugby ball is one such video. In the viral clip (it has been watched ...

Squeaks, clicks, buzzes, and babbling, little is off the cards when it comes to the remarkable complexity of beluga communication, but perhaps most extraordinary of all is the way in which they can ...

The annual migration of more than 57,000 beluga whales is about to start - and you can watch it on the Beluga Whale Live Cam. The camera will go live on July 15, 2025, to coincide with Arctic Sea Ice ...

Critics often point to disturbing images of the hunts, which take place in shallow bays where whales are herded and killed ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is the first to successfully recover from general anesthesia in captivity after a surgery to remove a network of cysts.

Unlike other whales and dolphins, their neck vertebrae are not fused, so belugas can quickly nod and move their heads from side to side. Beluga whales are covered with a thick layer of fat that ...

Beluga whales, also known as ‘white whales’, are social and smart marine mammals that are well adapted to living in very cold waters. Their incredible echolocation abilities, however, make them ...

Beluga whales can live up to 80 years. Mother belugas give birth to babies that are gray and weigh well over 100 pounds.

Seeing Beluga whales at the Georgia Aquarium makes me wonder how anyone would want to kill or otherwise harm them.

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 ...

Arctic cod, a high-fat fish that is key in beluga diets, is diminishing, said beluga expert Pierre Richard of the Northern Studies Center in Churchill and author of three whale books.

Arctic cod, a high-fat fish that is key in beluga diets, is diminishing, said beluga expert Pierre Richard of the Northern Studies Center in Churchill and author of three whale books. But he said it’s ...