The rapid growth allows beluga calves to maintain energy needed to swim with their mother and withstand cold temperatures of polar marine water. “The more we understand species like beluga ...

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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 ...

Beluga Calf in Chicago Is Meeting the Aquarium's Pod and Will Soon Be Named CHICAGO (AP) — Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and scanned the ...

Beluga whales live in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, including around Russia, Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. Most migrate around these seas. In the summer, they like shallow coastal waters, even ...

Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont., Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young The leaders of Ontario's main political parties pledged Monday to ...

Moments later, the head of a beluga calf emerged, mouth agape in what looked like a smile. Jacobsma’s face lit up in response as he cooed to the calf like a human parent to a toddler.