Up to 20 beluga whales are trapped in the sea ice near Grise Fiord, Nunavut, a local conservation officer said.
Researchers have determined a never before seen virus found in the liver of a beluga whale to be a new strain of the coronavirus. With emerging infectious diseases on the rise, it is now estimated ...
The federal government has declared that the beluga whale in Alaska's Cook Inlet is endangered and will require additional protection to survive.
The federal government has declared that the beluga whale in Alaska's Cook Inlet is endangered and will require additional protection to survive.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The state will sue over increased federal protections for beluga whales in Cook Inlet, officials announced Wednesday....
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A government study found that a group of endangered beluga whales in Alaska is declining, raising concern that bolstered protection for the animals is not coming quickly ...
After 15 months of pregnancy, Qila, the Vancouver Aquarium's 12-year-old beluga whale, gave birth to her first calf on Tuesday afternoon.
... in the St. Lawrence Seaway caused by heavy rain this summer may have caused the death of several marine animals, including birds, fish and a handful of beluga whales, say scientists in the area.
A Japanese researcher says he has taught a beluga whale to "talk" by using sounds to identify three different objects, offering hope that humans may one day be able to hold conversations with sea ...
Declaring Cook Inlet beluga whales an endangered species - as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration did this month - was only the first step toward protecting them. Now federal ...
Aurora, a beluga whale at the Vancouver Aquarium, is pregnant again, and the calf is likely due in June or July, staff at the facility announced Thursday morning.
... , G. Wu, J. St. Leger, R.W. Nordhausen, D. Wang. 2008. Identification of a novel coronavirus from a beluga whale by using a panviral microarray. Journal of Virology, 82. 10: 5084-5088.)
... (the oocyst) are cats.
Over the past decade, toxoplasma infection has appeared in a variety of sea mammals including beluga whales, dolphins, sea lions and seals. It has ...
... , the sub-order of cetaceans that have teeth and include beaked, sperm, killer and beluga whales and narwhals as well as dolphins and porpoises.
Recent studies have reported the accumulation of POPs ...
... the primary food for 28 species of odontocetes, the sub-order of cetaceans that have teeth and include beaked, sperm, killer and beluga whales and narwhals as well as dolphins and porpoises.
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