This caused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ban the import of beluga sturgeon and beluga caviar in 2005. Although that ban is still in effect, the species is now recognized by the IUCN as ...

Moments later, the head of a beluga calf emerged, mouth agape in what looked like a smile. Jacobsma’s face lit up in response as he cooed to the calf like a human parent to a toddler.

Beluga Calf in Chicago Is Meeting the Aquarium's Pod and Will Soon Be Named CHICAGO (AP) — Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and scanned the ...

Moments later, the head of a beluga calf emerged, mouth agape in what looked like a smile. Jacobsma's face lit up in response as he cooed to the calf like a human parent to a toddler. Shedd's ...

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 ...