No, far from it. The defining point of our national moment will all come down to the members of Shedd Aquarium and their choice of what to name the aquarium’s newest resident — a beluga whale born in ...

Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds. Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in ...

“I don’t know who the first person was to put their hand in a beluga’s mouth to figure it out, but it’s very sensitive in their mouth, probably from the prey that they eat at the bottom of the ocean,” ...

Beluga Calf in Chicago Is Meeting the ... "It’s almost like petting a dog or a cat, and you’ll see them come up and want to interact with us and open up their mouth wide for those tongue ...