ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The federal National Marine Fisheries Service today took the first steps towards protecting critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the Cook Inlet beluga whale in ...

According to official data, all the marine mammals released before November 2019 have returned to their natural habitat and are staying in the habitat areas of their wild relatives VLADIVOSTOK ...

At birth, beluga whales are 5 feet long, roughly 100 pounds ... designating almost 2 million acres of critical habitat three years later. When Alaska filed suit challenging the white whale's ...

This is larger than some whales—the beluga whale included. However ... the species is now recognized by the IUCN as ...

a baby beluga whale born to 35-year-old mother, Naya! Earlier in the day, the aquarium said its animal care team realized Naya was going into labor and closed the Secluded Bay habitat to visitors.

Mom is 35-year-old Naya, but there are two mature males in Shedd’s pod. DNA testing revealed that Beethoven, the oldest male ...

Getty Images The beluga whale pictured on Saturday coming up for ... of the River Seine - as opposed to its natural salt water habitat - or a sign of the animal's deteriorating health.

This is larger than some whales—the beluga whale included ... Overfishing, poaching, habitat loss, pollution, loss of access to spawning grounds, and depressed reproduction rates are just ...