This is the moment a cheeky beluga whale gave a young boy an unexpected scare. The encounter was filmed at Tianjin Haichang Polar Ocean Park, China, on February 18, 2025.

The baby killer whale is the fourth born into the Southern Resident killer whale population in the past 12 months Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

If an animal displayed the features of two species — the dappled skin of a narwhal and stout body of a beluga ... whales — of which no more than 25,000 remain — but the lopsided population ...

If an animal displayed the features of two species — the dappled skin of a narwhal and stout body of a beluga ... fraction of ...

This graphic from NOAA shares information about the Eastern North Pacific gray whale population. Most of the gray whale population feeds in the Bering and Chukchi seas off Alaska during the summer ...

“Each new calf is vitally important to this critically endangered population — every birth counts — and we’re hopeful that this young whale will continue to thrive,” the whale group sai ...

Top Comments Disclaimer & comment rules GeoffWard. . . . . a feat that should be emulated by our dear CFK - I'm sure we could find her a suitable Moby Dick and a bit of bondage. Jun 17th, 2011 ...

Whale watch week offers people the chance to see migrating gray whales up close from the Oregon Coast Gray whales are rebounding after hitting historic lows a few years ago. Spring Whale Watching ...

This female beluga whale was found dead floating in the St. Lawrence near Tadoussac, Quebec. The head of her calf was visible at the external genital opening when the whale was submitted for ...

Commercial whaling decimated the right whale population. They were nearly hunted to extinction by the late 19th century and their numbers have never recovered. While whaling is no longer a threat ...