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

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

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

Alaska's Cook Inlet was home to nearly 1,300 beluga whales in the late 1970s, but today the population hovers around 300. Despite almost two decades of recovery work, the whales aren't bouncing back.

Cook Inlet beluga whales are struggling to survive as industrial and shipping noise disrupts communication critical for ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The beluga whales of Alaska's Cook Inlet are endangered and require additional protection to survive, the government declared Friday, contradicting Gov. Sarah Palin, who has ...

Dozens of captive beluga whales trapped in a defunct amusement park may be spared euthanasia after the Canadian federal government conditionally approved their export to the U.S. In a Facebook post ...