Marine Mind, which has been largely dedicated to caring for Hvaldimir since his appearance, said it knows little about the beluga whale's past and can't confirm whether Russia captured him before.

Read on to discover some of their unique characteristics. Where do beluga whales live? Beluga whales live in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, including around Russia, Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. Most ...

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.” ...

If they add graceful, charismatic and supple to the description, they are probably talking about a beluga whale. I remember being mesmerized as I watched two of these ghostlike leviathans swim ...

The goal of their research was to understand the interactions between beluga whales and marine vessels. However, what they captured was unexpected—a group of bowhead whales, a phenomenon never ...

The calf, Opus, was born to beluga whale Naya in July. The name means a musical composition or set of compositions usually numbered in the order of its issue, the Shedd said in a news release. The ...

The tame beluga repeatedly approached Norwegian boats off Ingoya, an Arctic island about 415km from Murmansk, where Russia's Northern Fleet is based. Belugas are native to Arctic waters.

ABASHIRI, Hokkaido--Fisherman Yoichi Ishigaki has such fond memories of a lone but sociable beluga whale he bonded with while battling cancer that he erected a memorial to his “friend” after ...

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 ...