Mom is 35-year-old Naya, but there are two mature males in Shedd’s pod. DNA testing revealed that Beethoven, the oldest male ...

A pilot spotted “white specks” in an Alaska bay and realized it was a pod of sea creatures, Alaska officials said. The pod of beluga whales was seen off the coast of Lake Clark National Park and ...

The Shedd Aquarium announced that the baby beluga whale born last summer is a boy and they are holding a vote for his name.

While much of the attention in Alaska has centered on larger mining ... the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale and large tracts of pristine wilderness.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity and Cook Inletkeeper filed a petition with the National Marine Fisheries Service today to create a Cook Inlet beluga protection zone in the ...

You may even see beluga whales during the tide changes. – Erin Kirkland Located about 50 miles south of Anchorage at the end of scenic Turnagain Arm, the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is a ...

The isolated Cook Inlet beluga whale population must also contend with the increasingly perilous and industrialized waters near Anchorage, Alaska's most populated and fastest-growing city. Belugas are ...