A lone beluga whale swims right up to the boat in northern Norway, acting unusually calm and almost eager for human attention. What seems like a fun encounter quickly turns into something more ...

While on a photography assignment in Norway, the crew made a crucial decision while sailing through the Arctic ice pack in thick fog. The result was an “unforgettable encounter” with a pair of polar ...

Maybe it was trying to communicate with its mama, or perhaps it was trying to get barnacles off its body. Another theory – maybe it was just having fun. Passengers aboard Newport Coastal Adventure got ...

A team of University of Copenhagen researchers has compiled the first and only evidence that narwhals and beluga whales can breed successfully. DNA and stable isotope analysis of an anomalous skull ...

As much as I applaud scientific research that reveals nature’s secrets, I feel a sense of satisfaction when some natural mysteries remain mysteries. The narwhal is my favorite example. Narwhals are a ...

Our parents raised us on the north end of Chisik Island in the mouth of Tuxedni Bay on the west side of Cook Inlet. Mom and Dad started setnetting there in 1970. We grew up in a subsistence lifestyle ...

University of Victoria provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. University of Victoria provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Most people think countries like Canada have ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — There’s new hope for some of the whales still living at Marineland in Niagara Falls as The Whale Sanctuary Project will now have a refuge in Nova Scotia. It has been weeks since ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A potential lifeline has emerged for a number of the 30 beluga whales currently housed at the now-closed Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Earlier this month, the park ...

Marineland, an aquatic zoo and amusement park in Canada that is no longer open to the public, is considering euthanizing 30 beluga whales due to financial challenges. NBC News’ Ellison Barber has the ...

NIAGARA FALLS, ON — The fate of Marineland's remaining beluga whales remains uncertain a week after the shuttered park said it might euthanize them because it's run out of money to feed them. And ...