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 – ...

Beluga feed on fish, crustaceans, and worms. The whale is related to the tusked “unicorn” whale known as the narwhal. The beluga is not related to the sturgeon of the same name, which has been ...

The loss of ice also allows one of the beluga whales’ major predators, the killer whale, to hunt them more easily, she adds. Some belugas are in serious trouble, however. Davey studies a critically ...

observed that there were no significant external injuries or marks on the whale's body that might have been inflicted by predators or vessels. No evidence of illness was found on the beluga ...

When a beluga approached their boat, one hunter would jump on the whale’s back and slip a lasso around its neck, like a high plains mustang. The other would then slide a floating stretcher under ...

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 ...

These creatures mimic bird calls for survival, communication, or amusement, including sneaky predators and playful mammals. Surprisingly, beluga whales can mimic bird-like whistles and sounds.

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 ...