Alaska's Cook Inlet was home to nearly 1,300 beluga whales in the late 1970s, but today the population hovers around 300. Despite almost two decades of recovery work, the whales aren't bouncing back.

It was a beautiful summer day in the arctic when Rae Wynn-Grant felt the bump of a beluga whale nudging her kayak up and down. Then another. And another. Nearly everywhere she looked, there were pale ...

CHICAGO -- The adventures of the penguins at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium continue! Earlier this month, a video of Wellington the rockhopper penguin went viral after he wandered through the closed ...

When one thinks of baby beluga whales and music, one surely thinks first of Raffi. The song and the album "Baby Beluga" are 45 years old now, but any Instagram or TikTok video of the beluga whales at ...

USA TODAY Pets is going live with Georgia Aquarium's beluga whales! Here's what to know before you watch. If you need a little adorableness in your day, we've got you covered. These small, white ...

Dozens of captive beluga whales trapped in a defunct amusement park may be spared euthanasia after the Canadian federal government conditionally approved their export to the U.S. In a Facebook post ...

What starts as a casual walkthrough of Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium quickly turns into complete sensory overload. From giant ...

Beluga whales in the High Arctic during summer. A group of beluga whale bulls in a bay, followed by two cow-calf pairs in a shallow river estuary. An all-male group of beluga whale bulls swims ...