Beluga whales are highly social and vocal marine mammals. They use acoustics to navigate, find prey, avoid predators and maintain group cohesion. For Alaska's critically endangered Cook Inlet ...

In this photo taken Aug. 25, 2017, provided by NOAA Fisheries, a newborn beluga whale calf sticks its head out of the water in upper Cook Inlet, Alaska. The population of endangered beluga whales in ...

Beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet may have changed their diet over five decades from saltwater prey to fish and crustaceans influenced by freshwater, according to a study by University of ...

SEWARD, Alaska — A baby beluga whale that was believed to be just 2 days old when it was found stranded after a storm in Alaska’s Bristol Bay has died at a research aquarium where it received ...

The orphaned baby beluga found stranded from his mother in South Naknek, Alaska, died in the early hours of Monday morning. A team of marine mammal experts were giving the newborn male constant ...

SEWARD, alaska — Marine mammal specialists from across the country have descended on an Alaska aquarium to help care for a baby beluga whale that became separated from its mother after its birth ...

A dispute has erupted between Barrow, Alaska, residents and members of the Inupiat Eskimos over a summer harvest of Beluga whales.

For the first time, a team of scientists has documented the unique vocalizations of a critically endangered population of Alaska beluga whales and measured how ship noise is impacting their ...

Beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet are dropping in numbers, a trend that has stumped scientists and raised fears of an extinction.

In 2016, Indigenous members of the Alaska Beluga Whale Committee—a group of tribal delegates, scientists, government officials, and others—drafted a plan aimed at encouraging belugas to return ...

Artificial intelligence makes a splash in efforts to protect Alaska’s ice seals and beluga whales By Susanna Ray When Erin Moreland set out to become a research zoologist, she envisioned days spent ...

Beluga whales are highly social and vocal marine mammals. They use acoustics to navigate, find prey, avoid predators and maintain group cohesion. For Alaska’s critically endangered Cook Inlet ...