For humans, recognizing our reflection comes naturally, and we barely give it a second thought. Called mirror self-recognition (MSR), it is widely considered a sign of self-awareness and cognitive ...

The whales join a small but growing group of animals, including great apes, magpies, and cleaner wrasse fish, who share "this ...

Over the weekend, the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC) opened its newest exhibit — the Matson Ocean Education ...

Cook Inlet beluga whales, an endangered Alaskan population of about 300, use distinct call types for different activities.

It was a beautiful summer day in the arctic when Rae Wynn-Grant felt the bump of a beluga whale nudging her kayak up and down. Then another. And another. Nearly everywhere she looked, there were pale ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Sound the Octo-alert! Chinese giant Wanda Studios has completed the deal to buy-out Sony from its $49M stake in Octonauts rights holder Vampire Squid Productions (VSP), giving the Chinese ...

One of the longest-lived denizens of SeaWorld San Antonio has died. Martha, a beluga whale who lived at the Northwest Side marine park, died this week, the park announced on Facebook. Martha was one ...

SAN ANTONIO — One of SeaWorld San Antonio’s beloved animals has recently died, according to a Facebook post by the marine-life park. Martha, a beluga whale and an original resident since the park ...

Researchers from Mystic Aquarium are heading to the icy tundras of Canada to study beluga breath. That’s the white-plume mixture of water cells, proteins and lung fluid that whales exhale when they ...

TORONTO — After threatening to euthanize about 30 beluga whales, Marineland, a shuttered Canadian aquatic park, is now likely to send the animals to marine facilities in the United States, the ...