Spread the loveA popular 12-year-old beluga whale, Kimalu, living among eight other whales at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, ...

The whales give birth off the southeastern U.S. in the winter and spring and migrate north to New England and Canada to feed.

Kimalu (KEE-ma-loo), a 12-year-old female beluga whale, is resting comfortably following a historic procedure at Chicago's ...

A beluga whale at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium had a groundbreaking surgery that is poised to change the future of beluga whale ...

It’s almost like [the whales’] blowhole is a mouth, and the symbols coming out are bubbles, as opposed to sounds.” —Fred Sharpe University of California, Davis ...

UNCW’s Marine Mammal Stranding Program is celebrating the sighting of an orca named ‘Old Tom’ off the coast of North Carolina this year—but it’s also sounding the alarm about the status of the North ...

1. Breaching Whale Breaching. National Marine Sanctuaries, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Whale breaching, a captivating behavior witnessed across various whale species, is often associated with ...

Bass Coast, Victoria From May to October, the waters of Gippsland's Bass Coast come alive with migrating marine mammals — mostly humpback and southern right whales, but also the odd orca flashing its ...

Blow Shape: First, right whales have a distinctive V-shaped blow, caused by their two widely spaced blowholes. The "blow," he explained, is the vapor of a whale's breath as it hits the air.

So I pop up binoculars, and as soon as I pull them up, I see a blowhole shoot up in the air, and I'm like, that's a whale." Sea Trek Charters mate Chris Paul also commented to Gulf Coast News, ...

Conjure up a mental image of an explosive “whoosh” of water and air – twice the size of a blue whale “spout” – horizontal and aimed right at you! Now ...

I’ve seen blowhole spouts spray a hundred feet and douse everyone aboard with water vapor. It can be a scary moment, but nearly always results in hysterical laughter, followed by much toweling off.