Almost 100 participants from across the Inuvialuit settlement area and beyond were in Inuvik, N.W.T., this week for the Beluga Summit that ended Thursday. (Dez Loreen/CBC) Hunters, traditional ...

Beluga whales, also known as ‘white whales’, are social and smart marine mammals that are well adapted to living in very cold waters. Their incredible echolocation abilities, however, make them ...

As he learns to communicate with chirps, whistles and squeals, the Shedd Aquarium’s first baby beluga in over four years now has a name that sings: Opus. It’s a musical term — meaning a set ...

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white. Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims ...