The melon in their head can also change shape while making sounds and their face muscles can move, creating ‘expressions’ that can appear amusingly human. The characterful face of a beluga whale.

As the beluga began making more and more dolphin sounds, she began to lose the ... Here’s a video of a beluga whale mimicking human speech: The post Beluga Whale Gives Up Its Own Language ...

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga ... heavily on sound for foraging, navigation and communication. As recently as the 1980s, the geographically isolated and genetically distinct ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity and Cook Inletkeeper filed a petition with the National Marine Fisheries Service today to create a Cook Inlet beluga ... rely on sound to ...

Shedd Aquarium members voted to name the newest beluga whale Opus. Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez Share The newest member of the Shedd Aquarium now has a name — and aquarium members had a hand ...

Moments later, the head of a beluga calf emerged, mouth agape in what looked like a smile. Jacobsma's face lit up in response as he cooed to the calf like a human ... the baby whale has yet ...

The first event was held in Inuvik in 2016, to discuss the local beluga whales and monitor their population. This week's gathering saw presentations from local harvesters from all six of the ...