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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The carcass of a young beluga whale was found Friday by canoeists on the Tanana River about 40 miles southwest of Fairbanks — or nearly 1,000 river miles from the Bering ...

More than one-third of stranded cetaceans found in Hong Kong waters and on beaches last year were linked to human activities, ...

Beluga whales aren't hiding legs under their thick, rubbery skin. But a popular image of a surfacing beluga has for years created the curious illusion of a whale with legs and knees.

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 ...

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

The death of a spy is rarely newsworthy, due to the secrecy surrounding it. But when a white beluga whale suspected of spying for Moscow was found dead in Norwegian waters in September, the animal ...

The enduring draw of the whale A 47-foot fin whale that washed up on Anchorage’s tidal mudflats in November is still drawing visitors, a month later. Why?

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 ...