Marineland, a defunct amusement park near the Niagara Falls, had reportedly told Canadian officials that the only options for ...

For the first time, we know more than we ever expected to know about the sex lives of the majestic beluga whale. It's ...

Airbus is to convert one of its A300-600ST Beluga outsize transports into a science and technology education facility at the airframer's UK plant in Broughton. The manufacturer disclosed the plan ...

Among marine mammals, beluga whales ( Delphinapterus leucas) are particularly difficult to study in their icy habitat. To ...

Canada has reached a tentative deal for 30 belugas in an amusement park to be shipped to four aquariums in US ...

A n isolated Alaskan population of beluga whales is small enough that inbreeding could be a major threat. Yet they remain genetically healthy, and new evidence suggests this is a consequence of ...

Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to ...

The fifth of five Airbus A300-600ST ‘Beluga’ transports has flown into retirement at Airbus’ Broughton facility in North Wales, where it will be used to promote STEM to schools and community groups.

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a successful surgery this week. The 12-year-old whale named Kimalu needed to ...

In the icy waters of Alaska's Bristol Bay, a new study reveals how a small population of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) survive the long haul through a surprising strategy: they mate with ...

Beluga whales avoid inbreeding by switching partners over time, helping a small, isolated population stay genetically healthy ...