Unlike other whales, they can turn their heads from side to side.© JohnL/ Shutterstock We call them beluga whales, but their scientific name, Delphinapterus leucas, means ‘white dolphin without a fin’ ...

A four-year-old beluga whale went to live in the Koktebel dolphinarium in Crimea, with no other belugas around to talk to, only dolphins. Belugas are regarded as the “canaries of the sea” due ...

The cetaceans most commonly held in captivity for human entertainment are orcas, beluga whales, bottlenose dolphins and Pacific white-sided dolphins. The tradition of housing cetaceans in captivity ...

Hvaldimir, a beluga whale suspected of once being a Russian spy, was found dead off the coast of Norway on Saturday. Some vets say he was shot to death.

A beluga whale found off Norway's coast wearing a special ... the message 'please call this number'?” “We have military dolphins for combat roles, we don't cover that up,” he said.

The Vancouver Aquarium stopped keeping orcas in 2001. It still holds two Pacific white-sided dolphins, two beluga whales, and several porpoises, sea otters, seals, and sea lions. Nightingale was ...

The isolated Cook Inlet beluga whale population must also contend with the increasingly perilous and industrialized waters near Anchorage, Alaska's most populated and fastest-growing city. Belugas are ...

The isolated Cook Inlet beluga whale population must also contend with the increasingly perilous and industrialized waters near Anchorage, Alaska's most populated and fastest-growing city. Belugas are ...