A 13-year genetic study of 623 beluga whales in Alaska’s Bristol Bay has overturned a long-standing assumption about how ...

New research suggests beluga whales can recognize themselves in mirrors, a cognitive ability previously demonstrated in only ...

Beluga whales vocalize to communicate, but little is known about the context and meaning of their calls and, in turn, the ...

Learn how a mirror test with beluga whales revealed bubble play, toy use, and signs of self-awareness rarely seen in animals.

Beluga whales have a peculiar talent that most whales lack entirely: they can change the shape of their forehead. The bulbous structure at the front of their head, called the melon, shifts and ...

In hours of underwater video footage from a New York aquarium, a beluga whale named Natasha stretches her neck, pirouettes, nods, and shakes her head in front of a two-way mirror. Her daughter Maris ...

The researchers hope that this new understanding of cognition in the toothed whales will increase human empathy and concern for the animals, leading to more efforts to protect them ...

Chimpanzee: Chimpanzees were among the first animals to successfully pass the mirror test. Researchers observed them using mirrors to inspect parts of their bodies they normally could not see, ...

A new study revealed that beluga whales can recognize themselves in a mirror. Here, a female beluga and her calf swim in the Canadian Arctic. Beluga whales have some of the most iconic faces in the ...

More than 20 years ago, four female beluga whales were kept together at the New York Aquarium of the Wildlife Conservation ...

Do beluga whales have legs? Of course not, despite the viral image you may have seen. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Credit: Getty Images Beluga whales aren't hiding legs under their thick, ...