Opus. It’s a musical term — meaning a set of compositions — that honors his father Beethoven and nods to the high-pitched songs that have led to these ...

Shedd Aquarium announced that its seven-month-old beluga whale has been named Opus following an exclusive vote by aquarium ...

After counting over 1,000 votes cast by aquarium members, the baby beluga was given a musical new name. Opus, is the ...

ABASHIRI, Hokkaido--Fisherman Yoichi Ishigaki has such fond memories of a lone but sociable beluga whale he bonded with while battling cancer that he erected a memorial to his “friend” after ...

Coupled with the increasingly effluent man-made toxins mixing with the sediment whales draw their feed from, it's not surprising to find a whale in this condition. Whale deaths that are probably not ...

If they add graceful, charismatic and supple to the description, they are probably talking about a beluga whale. I remember being mesmerized as I watched two of these ghostlike leviathans swim ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials ...

After existing efforts to save the aquatic animals, Australian authorities are euthanizing 90 beached whales stranded on a Tasmanian beach. During a press conference, Brendon Clark, an officer ...

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NELSON BAY, Tasmania – A mass stranding of more than 150 false killer whales on a remote island beach south of the Australian mainland has taken a grim turn, with rough seas hindering rescue efforts.

which were functionally similar to false killer whales, Carlyon said. “They have really strong social bonds, and it can be that one individual that’s sick or disorientated can draw the rest of ...