making belugas especially good at echolocation – using sound to detect prey and communicate. Richard says we should appreciate their uniqueness. “Beluga whales are superbly adapted to live in very ...

Researchers have assimilated more than 90 hours of audio of ... a beluga whale. The most shocking part of the story? As the beluga began making more and more dolphin sounds, she began to lose ...

At birth, beluga whales are 5 feet long, roughly 100 pounds ... The waters of Cook Inlet are dark and turbid, so Cook Inlet belugas depend heavily on sound for foraging, navigation and communication.