Opus was the top vote-getter in a virtual poll the aquarium ran exclusively for Shedd members. The baby beluga boy was born ...

A little boy who was taken to the aquarium in Beijing, China, had his day made when a beluga whale shared a sweet interaction with him. The little boy had been visiting the attraction with his ...

The name is also a nod to whale’s father and the high-pitched songs that have led these mammals to be dubbed the “canaries of ...

The only species known to have anything similar to facial expressions is the beluga ... and why the whales change its shape, the researchers began observing two pairs of them, one male, the ...

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white. Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims ...

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 ...

The calf, Opus, was born to beluga whale Naya in July. The name means a musical composition or set of compositions usually ...

The calf received several herrings from Jacobsma, who noted the baby whale has yet to grow in his teeth. For the aquarium staff, every birth is significant and the first beluga born at Shedd in ...

Opus. It’s a musical term — meaning a set of compositions — that honors his father Beethoven and nods to the high-pitched songs that have led to these ...