Thousands of beluga whales are captivating visitors in Canada's Hudson Bay, while environmental concerns about their future in warming Arctic waters mount. The playful white whales, known for ...

Why is Canada making it harder to go whale watching? Echolocation is nature’s built-in sonar. Here’s how it works. Echolocation is nature’s built-in sonar. Here’s how it works. A marine ...

Two populations are found in Canadian waters: the East Canada-Western Greenland (EC ... from the University of Manitoba, were conducting a beluga whale monitoring study when the sighting occurred.

In fact, this species is only found in countries that border the Arctic Ocean, mainly Canada and Russia. In true Canadian form, beluga whales are social animals that look out for one another.

The first event was held in Inuvik in 2016, to discuss the local beluga whales and monitor their population. This week's gathering saw presentations from local harvesters from all six of the ...

Where do beluga whales live? Beluga whales live in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, including around Russia, Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. Most migrate around these seas. In the summer, they like ...

When a beluga approached their boat, one hunter would jump on the whale’s back and slip a lasso around its neck, like a high plains mustang. The other would then slide a floating stretcher under ...

When it comes to quirky animal behaviors, few are more charming than 2,000-pound beluga whales blowing delicate bubbles. But why do they do it? To find out, researchers spent eight years gathering ...

Beluga feed on fish, crustaceans, and worms. The whale is related to the tusked “unicorn” whale known as the narwhal. The beluga is not related to the sturgeon of the same name, which has been ...