CHICAGO ( WGN) – Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium performed a historic surgery on a 12-year-old beluga whale named Kimalu.

Kimalu a beluga whale at the Shedd Aquarium, is now the first to recover from general anesthesia following surgery. Experts, removing several cysts on her head and neck, near her blowhole. Dr. Karisa ...

A beluga whale at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium had a groundbreaking surgery that is poised to change the future of beluga whale ...

The nearly 1,065-pound whale is currently recovering in a medical habitat at the aquarium, but an expert says she's not yet ...

A surprising new study now shows that orcas have a softer, possibly even romantic, side as they are caught kissing on film ...

Killer whales have been documented offering food provisions to humans swimming near them or in nearby boats. Learn more about ...

The animal health and care teams at the aquarium noticed she was dealing with bumps that turned out to be cysts.

Dolphins Can 'See' Underwater By Using 'Echolocation' Technique, Scientists Find A team of researchers has managed to delve ...

Every spring Inupiaq hunters camp on the sea ice north of the Arctic Circle, in hopes of capturing a bowhead whale to share with their village. But as global warming accelerates ice melt, it ...

When hunting whales, they will surround the tired creature, giving it no way out. They even know how to smother the whale’s blowhole to drown it.

Why is it important if whales eat plastic? Whale species are already under severe threat. After many years of being hunted — some of which continues to this day — and in an ocean which is getting ...

In most cases, they are created during peaceful, even playful, encounters with humans. Two types of bubbles: Whales hunting (left) and a completely different bubble ring (right). Image from the study.