Robert Michaud, head scientist of GREMM, out of Quebec, says the beluga is a "vagrant whale," which is common in the Maritimes (Radio-Canada) ...

VANCOUVER, Dec. 11, 2017 /CNW/ - Heartbreaking loss has led to a leap in progress for beluga whale conservation science: the beluga genome has been sequenced for the first time. BC Cancer's ...

Biologists said belugas in the past had been used to guard naval bases, help divers, and find lost equipment. They also said in the Cold War Russia used beluga whales to sniff out mines and torpedoes.

A beluga whale seen as it swims next to a fishing boat before Norwegian fishermen removed the tight harness, swimming off the northern Norwegian coast Friday, Apr. 26, 2019.

Modern DNA technology has confirmed a strange-looking whale skull with weird, twisted teeth collected by a hunter decades ago belongs to the offspring of a narwhal mother and beluga father.

In September, 2018, a beluga whale was spotted in the River Thames near Gravesend for a few days, in what was then the most southerly sighting of a beluga on British shores.

Another beluga dies at Marineland, bringing total whale deaths to 15 since 2019 By: Liam Casey, The Canadian Press Posted: 11:59 AM CST Friday, Dec. 15, 2023 Last Modified: 12:05 PM CST Friday ...