Although international law protects the species across its entire range, illegal fishing persists. The IUCN believes only controlled reproduction and subsequent releases can prevent the beluga ...

RANGE: Belugas have a circumpolar distribution ... the Cook Inlet population remains in the same area all year. BREEDING: Female beluga whales become sexually mature after age four and will give birth ...

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 whales use a wide range of communication sounds, including whistles, squeals, clucks, mews, chirps, trills and bell-like tones. In fact, they’re sometimes called ‘canaries of the sea’. These ...