Beluga Whales

Beluga Calf Dies At The GA Aquarium

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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ATLANTA (AP) — The first beluga whale born at the Georgia Aquarium has died. Aquarium officials say the calf died Wednesday morning. ...

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On Mother's Day: Caring for All Creatures

Brenda Peterson | Posted 05.06.2012

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When humans offer allomothering to other species, it often requires remarkable adaptability and advocacy. It's natural to love one's birth child. But what if the creature you are trying to mother is covered with hair, or bites you, or claws you, or has a grasping tail?

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100 Endangered Whales Trapped Among Ice Chunks In Sea

AP | Posted 12.15.2011

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MOSCOW -- Russian agencies are scrambling to some 100 beluga whales – an endangered species – that are trapped among large chunks of polar...

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Party Out of Bounds

Dan Mathews | Posted 12.11.2011

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"I've never seen so many excited gays before," observed a sweaty reveler on the pulsing dance floor at the Atlanta Pride party at the Georgia Aquarium. His tattooed friend looked around and deadpanned, "Or so many terrified fish."

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PHOTOS: 'Nothing Had Prepared Me' For First Encounter With Beluga Whales

Posted 12.08.2011

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From Uri Golman: Since I was a child I have always been preoccupied with everything wild. I used to sit in school and daydream for hours about futu...

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The Eye of the Beluga

Judie Fein | Posted 10.16.2011

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Three words made me want to go to Churchill in the summer: snorkeling with belugas. Three words made me terrified of going to Churchill in the summer: frigid Arctic waters.

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WATCH: Beluga Whale Loves Mariachi

Posted 10.03.2011

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Connecticut-area mariachi band "Mariachi Connecticut" were recently playing a wedding at the Mystic Aquarium when they walked by the facility's Beluga...

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Nude Swimmer Is The Whale Whisperer

Posted 11.15.2011

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Call her Natalia. Her story is like Ishmael's in "Moby Dick," but with more nudity and fewer harpoons and peg legs. Natalia Avseenko, a Russian sc...

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Humans' Love Affair With Beluga Whales- Are We Smothering Them?

Cynthia Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Isolating belugas from humans isn't the answer. Redirecting boat traffic, reducing ocean pollutants and keeping spare change in your pocket - simple stuff like that can save beluga lives.

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Palin: Illusion and Reality

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will hypocrisy then be rampant in Sarah Palin's TV series for the Discovery Channel? Or will she have experienced an epiphany regarding the preservation of Alaska's pristine natural resources?

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Beluga Whales Pregnant At Shedd Aquarium

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Two beluga whales at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium are pregnant. Shedd senior vice president Ken Ramirez said Tuesday that both female wha...

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This Week in Animals: Runaway Turtles, Baby Asian Bearcats, Criminal Monkeys And More! (PHOTOS, VOTE)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

HuffPost Green thought this was a great week in animals, and we hope you'll agree. Don't forget to vote on your favorite! Get HuffPost Gre...

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How Much More Damage Can They Do? (And Can We Undo It?)

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week's EPA decision to set science-based air quality standards for lead was clearly a fluke -- not a declaration of independence by environmental agency leaders against Cheney and the White House.

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Palin Loses Attempt to Block Protection of Alaska's Whales

Janet Ritz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Palin had opposed the endangered listing for beluga whales in part by questioning the science and saying the listings would hinder oil and natural gas drilling.

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Shedd Moves Whales To Connecticut

Chicago Sun-Times | Andrew Herrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Seven whales and four dolphins from the Shedd Aquarium were successfully moved from Chicago to Connecticut in recent weeks, officials announced today....

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Sarah Palin's Cruel Streak

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

One of Palin's first acts in office was to put a $150 bounty on the heads of her state's wolves, allegedly with the goal of increasing the moose and caribou population.

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