Seeing belugas so close is one thing but hearing them brings us even greater intimacy. When our driver stops the boat and lowers a hydrophone over the side, it’s like we’re eavesdropping at a beluga ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a successful surgery this week. The 12-year-old whale named Kimalu needed to ...

Visitors could be heard yelling and screaming as they watched the scary incident unfold Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also ...

A beluga whale at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium had a groundbreaking surgery that is poised to change the future of beluga whale care worldwide. Kimalu, a 12-year-old 1000 pound beluga whale, is recovering ...

Farms aim to keep beluga on the market despite a U.S. import ban. But scientists say that won’t save the species from going extinct in the wild by 2050 Mikola Kopanetskyi waded waist high in an ...

Canadian theme park Marineland said Friday it would have to euthanize its beluga whales after the Canadian government prevented it from exporting them to a park in China. Photo courtesy ...

Animal rights groups are now calling on the Canadian government to intervene and seize the whales. Over two dozen beluga whales at the now-defunct Marineland amusement in Niagara Falls, Ontario, could ...

There’s a hostage crisis underway in Ontario, involving victims you might not expect: 30 innocent beluga whales. Reporting by The Guardian this week revealed that Marineland of Canada Inc, a ...

As a fortunate audience member chosen by the aquarium, a young girl had the chance to interact with a beluga whale, only to unexpectedly collide with it. As the beluga retreated into the water, there ...

Mikola Kopanetskyi waded waist high in an outdoor water tank the size of an above-ground pool, slowly creeping up on the beluga sturgeon swimming in front of him. Once he sneaked close enough, ...