Russia has a track record of training marine animals like dolphins and beluga whales, a practice that dates back to the Soviet Union and continues today. The US Navy has also trained dolphins to ...

The characterful face of a beluga whale. Unlike other whales, they can turn their heads from side to side.© JohnL/ Shutterstock Are belugas whales or dolphins? We call them beluga whales, but their ...

They're bigger than all but the largest dolphins and smaller than most other toothed whales. At birth, beluga whales are 5 feet long, roughly 100 pounds, and dark blue-gray in color. Unmistakable as ...

Eighteen belugas, one killer whale and one dolphin have died at Marineland since late 2019. Marineland euthanized a seven-year-old beluga earlier this month after a long battle with several ...

Photographer Masato Sakano, known for his images of stray dolphins around the world, made frequent visits to Lake Notoroko to snap shots of Korin. He said the beluga whale’s natural friendliness ...