The beluga whale’s “melon”—a tech­nical term—is a mass of fat tissue on its forehead that helps to project sounds for echolocation.And new research suggests that despite whales ...

Beluga whales like this one at Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium sport a blob of forehead fat called a “melon.” The cetaceans contort the melon into different shapes, possibly to communicate ...

Beluga’s heads are called melons. Really. The melon is a protrusion on a beluga’s forehead, made up of fatty tissue and muscle. A study published earlier this year documented and quantified what ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

Glittery white, ice-dwelling beluga whales log hours of chattering from their melons as they navigate their frosty world.These canaries of the sea are also among some of the most charismatic ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is the first to successfully recover from general anesthesia in captivity after a ...

A beluga whale named Qinu had an adorable reaction to Olivia Walsh and Gavin Hulberg's engagement at Georgia Aquarium on Dec. 18. 'Qinu’s behavior at the window was her own — she was not ...

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