Sometimes we come across video clips that are not what they first appear to be. This YouTube clip of a beluga whale playing with a rugby ball is one such video. In the viral clip (it has been watched ...

Surgery is always risky, and when you’re operating on an animal rather than a person, the logistics involved can be pretty ...

Through the rough seas running off Clark's Point, Alaska, a small skiff put out. It carried a heart specialist and his assistants, but they were not on an errand of mercy. Curiosity—the kind ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

In the wild, beluga whales can live for 60 to 70 years. So, Hvaldimir's life was sadly cut short. Photos revealed holes and streaks of blood on the body of the whale, which was 14 feet long and ...

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce that the beluga did not survive the transfer, ... Beluga whale dies after French rescuers lift 13-foot mammal from Seine. August 10, 2022.

Unfortunately, two of those juvenile whales, a 5-year-old male whale named Havoc passed away in August of 2021, and a second whale, a female named Havana, died at the aquarium in February of 2022.

A beluga whale swims in Hudson Bay outside Churchill, northern Canada, on August 9, 2022. The town of Churchill, which once depended on polar bear tourism, is increasingly relying on beluga whale ...

This photo provided by OneWhale.org on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shows manager Regina Haug next to the carcass of the beluga whale Hvaldimir, who was found dead on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.

Beluga whales aren't hiding legs under their thick, rubbery skin. But a popular image of a surfacing beluga has for years created the curious illusion of a whale with legs and knees.

Hvaldimir the beluga whale was found after it was spotted floating off the Norwegian coast by Marine Mind, an organization that has tracked whale's movements since its discovery in 2019, near the ...

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