Beluga whales are the ocean’s extroverts, research finds
A new study reveals that beluga whales have complex societies that include vast circles of hundreds of friends. >> read more …
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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 …