Reigning as the largest land predators, polar bears are the true kings of the Arctic. With body lengths reaching up to 3 ...

In a baffling show of generosity, killer whales across the globe are giving fish to humans—and scientists are racing to ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is the first to successfully recover from general anesthesia in captivity after a surgery to remove a network of cysts.

A surprising new study now shows that orcas have a softer, possibly even romantic, side as they are caught kissing on film ...

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2015 file photo, a visitor views a beluga whale at the Mystic Seaport Aquarium, in Mystic, Conn. Animal rights advocates have filed a lawsuit in an effort to stop the aquarium ...

A fourth name option was Leucas for the scientific name of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas. Visitors at the Shedd Aquarium watch Opus, the seven-month-old baby beluga on March 6, 2025.

This is the adorable moment a beluga whale plays with two children on their visit to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Guangdong, China on February 17. The Best Romantic Movies of All Time Timelapse map ...

As onlookers react, the beluga whale opens in mouth in what looks like a pleasantly shocked smile. (Yes, we know it’s just how their mouths are shaped. Still cute.) ...

Science Russian ‘spy whale’ was actually an aquatic guard turned ‘hooligan’ Hvaldimir the beluga whale first made headlines after arriving in Norway in 2019. By Andrew Paul ...

Seemingly unable to catch live fish to eat, it charmed visitors by nudging at their cameras and even on one occasion returning a mobile phone. “It was very obvious that this particular whale had ...

The tame beluga whale approached Norwegian fishermen in 2019, wearing a harness, leading to speculation that it was an escaped Russian "spy whale" The mystery as to why a beluga whale appeared off ...

Marine biologists have moved a pair of beluga whales from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - the target of daily shelling by Russian forces - to the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, in what they ...