Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) earned their nickname “sea canaries” from whalers who were astonished by the diverse vocal repertoire of these highly social Arctic cetaceans.

Beluga whale. Javier Yaya Tur (CAC, S. A.), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Beluga whales, distinguishable by their pure white color and bulbous forehead, are known as the “canaries of the sea” for ...

This is the hilarious moment a beluga whale startled a girl visiting an aquarium in China. The playful sea creature was ...

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

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

RICHMOND, Calif. - A dead whale was found along the Point Isabel shoreline in Richmond Friday morning. The mammal is one of more than a dozen whales found dead in the Bay Area this year. Earlier ...

A young humpback whale dragging a 500-foot rope from its mouth was saved during an “extremely complex” rescue mission off Australia, video footage shows.

A pod of orcas was spotted off the California coast. Getty Images/iStockphoto A pod of humpback whales encountered a group of killer whales during feeding time off the coast of California. On June ...

Sharks chomping on seals off Massachusetts, feasting on dead whale off Long Island: ‘Right in time for the 50th anniversary of Jaws’ ...

This whale is not among the ones found dead on June 18. NOAA Fisheries photo Two whales found dead at a coastal park in northeast Florida are believed to be a mother and her calf, state officials say.