The heartwarming clip, posted on Instagram, captures the moment when a little boy walks past the beluga’s aquarium, and the whale begins interacting with him in the sweetest way. Since it was ...

the baby beluga was given a musical new name. Opus, is the toddler-like beluga's new name. "The name, Opus, nods to the unique vocalizations these whales make and honors his father," an aquarium ...

(Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Sheri Hendricks, supervisor of cetaceans at the Shedd Aquarium, plays with Opus, a seven-month-old baby beluga whale on March 6, 2025. (Terrence Antonio ...

As he learns to communicate with chirps, whistles and squeals, the Shedd Aquarium’s first baby beluga in over ... For instance, while beluga whales are considered a species of least concern ...