Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims in an ocean chock-full of dangers such as pollution, shipping, oil ...

“Unfortunately, those beluga whales create a lot of headaches for anyone that wants to do anything in the Cook Inlet,” he said. The Cook Inlet population of beluga whales is federally listed ...

The Shedd Aquarium announced that the baby beluga whale born last summer is a boy and they are holding a vote for his name. The newest member of the beluga pod has been spending his time with the ...

Monitoring is important, as the actions of Defenders of Wildlife show. Their work with the Cook Inlet beluga whales not only helped get the stock listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species ...

whales and more, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin objected in 2008 when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Service finally gave the Cook Inlet beluga whale—which ...

So it’s safe to say, this was “not a drill,” the post read. Beluga whales are dark gray as calves, then their skin lightens when they reach physical maturity, according to the National Oceanic and ...

Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims in an ocean chock-full of dangers such as pollution, shipping, oil ...

The pod of beluga whales was seen off the coast of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, with the park pilot spotting over 30 Cook Inlet belugas just off the beach in Chinitna Bay, according to a ...