It helps them focus and project sound, making belugas especially good at echolocation – using sound to detect prey and communicate. Richard says we should appreciate their uniqueness. “Beluga whales ...

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white ... so Cook Inlet belugas depend heavily on sound for foraging, navigation and communication. As recently as the 1980s, the ...

Imagine being underwater and suddenly hearing a whale speaking like a human. Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, right? Well, a resurfaced 2012 recording of a beluga whale mimicking human ...