A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

Chicago is home to a special beluga whale—the only one known to have recovered from general anesthesia. The 12-year-old whale ...

Officials at Shedd Aquarium say they are guardedly optimistic about the outcome of a groundbreaking surgery on 12-year-old ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is the first to successfully recover from general anesthesia in captivity after a surgery to remove a network of cysts.

Though blowhole streams are considered a form of aggression in humpback whales, the Canisius study revealed the same is not entirely true of Beluga whales. The study did find that blowhole streams ...

The whale’s death also comes less than one year after five whales were relocated to Connecticut from an aquarium called MarineLand in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada last May.

Beluga whales, also known as white whales, ... Noc had to vary the air pressure in his nasal tract while adjusting liplike valves and over-inflating sacs under his blowhole.

The nearly 1,065-pound whale is currently recovering in a medical habitat at the aquarium, but an expert says she's not yet ...

A beluga whale at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium had a groundbreaking surgery that is poised to change the future of beluga whale ...