Beluga whales enjoy new freedom after years of captivity – but there are still hurdles
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 …
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Little White and Little Grey are in their new sanctuary home!
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
Like humans, beluga whales form social networks beyond family ties
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
Beluga whale sighted off San Diego coast mystifies scientists
It’s thousands of miles from the nearest beluga population, and no one knows where it came from or why. >> read more …
Drone legt verdwaalde Beluga-walvis vast op camera
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 …
An Alaska Beluga Population Continues to Fall
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 …
Narwhals and belugas may be at high risk for coronavirus infection, researchers fear
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 …
Beluga whales prepare for June release into the world’s first open water sanctuary
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 …
Beluga whales released in Russia’s Far East adapt successfully
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 …
Microplastics found in all arctic beluga whales tested
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 …
Biologists fly to find distribution of endangered belugas
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 …
Wild Whales Don’t Play Rugby
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 …