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A new study reveals that beluga whales have complex societies that include vast circles of hundreds of friends. >> read more …
These whales were captured as babies, taken to a Russian research centre and then to China to work in entertainment for a decade. >> read more …
The SEA LIFE Trust is delighted to confirm that two beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, are now safely in their new sea sanctuary care area at Klettsvik Bay in Iceland. The moving of the whales into the world’s first open water sanctuary for belugas, was completed on Friday 8th August 2020 at 12.30 … Meer lezen
A groundbreaking study is the first to analyze the relationship between group behaviors, group type, group dynamics, and kinship of beluga whales in 10 locations across the Arctic. Results show that not only do beluga whales regularly interact with close kin, including close maternal kin, they also frequently associate with more distantly related and unrelated … Meer lezen
It’s thousands of miles from the nearest beluga population, and no one knows where it came from or why. >> read more …
Een walvis die normaal enkel in Arctische gebieden voorkomt, is op video vastgelegd door een drone in Californië. De bijzondere vondst werd gedeeld op Facebook. >> lees verder …
The endangered beluga whales living in Alaska’s Cook Inlet are still declining in number, despite protections put in place 20 years ago and the adoption of a recovery plan in 2016. >> read more …
Recent research indicates that baleen and toothed whales, such as narwhals and belugas, could be susceptible to the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. >> read more …
We are pleased to announce that two former captive Beluga whales, Little White and Little Grey will return home to the ocean when they are released into the world’s first open water sanctuary for beluga whales in Iceland this June. >> read more …
VLADIVOSTOK, December 17. /TASS/. Activists confirmed on Tuesday that beluga whales earlier released from the so-called whale prison in Russia’s Far East adapt successfully to their natural habitat. >> read more …
Canadian researchers working with hunters from the Inuvialuit community of Tuktoyaktuk, in the Northwest Territories in Canada, were surprised to find microplastics in the digestive systems of beluga whales hunted for food. >> Read more …
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Three days this winter biologists with NOAA Fisheries are flying over the Cook Inlet pinpointing the locations of beluga whales. The surveys are meant to get an idea of the distribution of the whales within the population rather than a total count. >> read more …
Likely many of you have seen the video of the Beluga Whale “playing fetch” with a rugby ball. Wild whales don’t play fetch with rugby balls and . . . Belugas do not live in Antarctic waters. >> read more …
After nearly five months, authorities have completed the release of all 97 orcas and beluga whales. >> read more …
Een beloega, een witte dolfijn, heeft heel wat mensen met verstomming geslagen eerder deze week dichtbij de noordpoolcirkel. Het dier kwam even piepen bij een boot die vol zat met rugbyfans. De schepelingen wilden spelen met het dier en gooiden een voetbal in het water. Tot hun grote verbazing kwam het dier de bal ook … Meer lezen
The All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography continues to load the remaining belugas from Srednyaya Bay onto research vessels. On November 6, 13 belugas were brought aboard.
De laatste vijftig Beloega’s die nu nog in de Russische Walvisgevangenis achter zijn gebleven zullen komende week allemaal worden vrijgelaten terug in het wild.
Op 18 oktober is opnieuw een transport gestart om een aantal dieren uit de beruchte Russische walvisgevangenis te verhuizen terug naar zee.
Tegen de afspraken in, is de kans groot dat 75 beloega’s uit de walvisgevangenis alsnog naar dolfinaria worden overgebracht. >> lees verder …
Little Grey and Little White continue to do well and have settled into their temporary care pool following their epic journey from China to their new home in Iceland. >> read more …
Vandaag zijn de laatste twee orka’s uit de Russische walvisgevangenis vrijgelaten in zee. De dieren maakten, samen met nog zes beloega’s, een reis per truck en boot van 1800 km terug naar het gebied waar ze een jaar geleden gevangen werden.