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 ...

The name is also a nod to whale’s father and the high-pitched songs that have led these mammals to be dubbed the “canaries of the sea.” ...

At birth, beluga whales are five feet long, roughly 100 pounds ... FEEDING: Belugas mainly subsist on fish, but they also eat octopuses, squid, crabs, and snails, using echolocation to find prey. In ...

Beluga whales, also known as ‘white whales’, are social and smart marine mammals that are well adapted to living in very cold waters. Their incredible echolocation abilities, however, make them ...

The largest beluga whales at the aquarium have grown as long ... probably from the prey that they eat at the bottom of the ocean," Jacobsma said. "It’s almost like petting a dog or a cat ...