Their stark white colouring also helps camouflage them against the ice. Although beluga whales are predators, feeding on fish, crustaceans, and molluscs, they’re also hunted by polar bears and orcas – ...

adding that declining sea ice also leaves belugas vulnerable to predators like killer whales. As climate change reshapes the Arctic, it remains unclear how well beluga whales will adapt.

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