Beluga whales photographed in August 2021 in Cook Inlet, Alaska. The population was most recently estimated at just 331 animals. A first description of this population's vocal repertoire shows ...

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 ...

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 ...

BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A dispute has erupted between Barrow, Alaska, residents and members of the Inupiat Eskimos over a summer harvest of Beluga whales. Belugas haven’t been seen in ...

But even after beluga hunting ceased in the early 21st century, the whales didn’t recover, and recent estimates show that there are about 280 belugas, compared with a population of roughly 1,300 ...

The baby calf is the first beluga whale to be housed at the Alaska SeaLife Center, according to a press release from the Center. Alaska SeaLife Center / Today. July 11, 2012, 3:35 PM EDT.

The Bush administration on Friday declared a small, isolated population of beluga whales in Alaska’s Cook Inlet as endangered species, rejecting claims from Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin that these ...

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 ...

Research shows diet shift of beluga whales in Alaska inlet Fri., June 15, 2018 A Cook Inlet beluga whale calf, left, and an adult breach in August 2009 near Anchorage, Alaska.

ANCHORAGE — The beluga whales of Alaska’s Cook Inlet are endangered and require additional protection to survive, the government declared Friday, contradicting Gov. Sarah Palin, who has ...

ANCHORAGE — 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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...