Beluga whales, also known as ‘white whales’, are social and ... But for belugas, which swim close under ice, a dorsal fin might be more of a hindrance than a help. Instead, they hav a dorsal ridge ...

Beluga whales are the only whales ... The lack of a dorsal fin prevents heat loss and makes it easier for the whales to swim under ice. It also aids in breaking through the ice above them when they ...

The sighting excites the researchers, but it also sounds alarms. Scientists stunned after whales make extraordinary ...

Here’s a summer “staycation” idea: From the comfort of your own home, you can watch—and listen to—tens of thousands of beluga ... to swim under sheets of floating sea ice with ease ...

Animals trapped by Arctic ice often die ... to near collapse. Beluga feed on fish, crustaceans, and worms. The whale is related to the tusked “unicorn” whale known as the narwhal.

U.S. Navy Millions of years before we humans came along, the earth’s oceans were a vast, unbroken web of whale song ... were secreting themselves under the ice cap, an environment off-limits ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight ... felt here than anywhere else in the world. The white beluga whale is a very distinctive species. Unlike other cetaceans ...

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white ... scientists estimate only 279 of these whales remain today. The Center and allies first petitioned to protect Cook Inlet’s ...

For others, the frozen sea is a trap. A pod of beluga whales has been confined to an ice hole for five months, slowly starving to death as the food around them runs out. Their salvation lies in ...

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white ... scientists estimate only 279 of these whales remain today. The Center and allies first petitioned to protect Cook Inlet’s ...