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Extremely intelligent and adorable, Beluga whales also possess a unique ability that sends shivers down people's spines.
Beluga whales, also known as white whales, are one of the smallest whale species in the animal kingdom.
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Oceanography
What is the truth behind feeding ice cubes to beluga whales?
In this scorching summer, you're probably thinking of different ways to cool off. But have you ever wondered why we often see people feeding ice cubes to beluga whales?
Oceanography
The world's most mysterious Omura whale discovered in the sea of Thailand
Some Thai scientists have just recorded a fish suspected to be an Omura whale in the waters of Koh He (Thailand). This is an animal that is very difficult to encounter b…
Animal world
White whale stranded in the Seine
The white whale, which normally lives in the frigid waters around the Arctic, swam into the Seine last week and is unlikely to return to the sea.
Archeology
The hybrid between white whales and narwhal
The analysis shows that whale skulls stored in a museum in Denmark belong to crosses between two Arctic whales.
Oceanography
Norway: The Russian Navy trains whales as 'special forces'
Oceanographic experts in Norway argue that the Russian navy trains white whales and many other mammals to serve the military purpose of the task force.
Oceanography
Whales can ... learn a foreign language
A 4-year-old white whale has become the main character of the study recently published in the journal Animal Cognition.
Oceanography
Video: Discovering an extremely rare white whale off Australia
Thanks to the unmanned aerial vehicle, researchers have for the first time captured a rare white whale playing with her mother off the coast of Western Australia.
Oceanography
Found rare dead whales on the coast in Poland
On November 17, a Polish expert said a white whale was found on the Baltic beach in Poland.
Oceanography
White whales sing with Canadian artists
At Hudson Bay, two famous Canadian artists Laura Magnusson and Kaoru Ryan Klatt have just made a unique song when singing with white whales.
Oceanography
The number of Arctic whales increases
Scientists say the number of white whales has increased in Alaska waters in 2012.
Oceanography
Whales are capable of mimicking human voices
American and Canadian oceanographers have discovered a white whale, living in the ocean area near California state, capable of mimicking human voices.
Oceanography
Rare white whales appear in Australia
A white humpback whale, a creature that few people see in life, has just appeared near Australia's giant Great Barrier Reef on September 24.
Oceanography
Quang Binh: White whale weighs 10 tons washed up on the coast
People in Lien Nam and Nam Tien villages in Ngu Thuy Nam commune (Le Thuy) discovered a white whale's body washed up on Ngu Thuy Nam coast (photo) on the evening of Janu…
Animal world
Found lizards of 'white whales' in Madagascar
A new species of lizard discovered in Madagastar has been named