Surgery is always risky, and when you’re operating on an animal rather than a person, the logistics involved can be pretty serious, especially when that animal typically lives in the water. Kimalu, a ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) – Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium performed a historic surgery on a 12-year-old beluga whale named Kimalu.

Kimalu a beluga whale at the Shedd Aquarium, is now the first to recover from general anesthesia following surgery. Experts, removing several cysts on her head and neck, near her blowhole. Dr. Karisa ...

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

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

Kimalu (KEE-ma-loo), a 12-year-old female beluga whale, is resting comfortably following a historic procedure at Chicago's ...

It’s definitely a continuation of a downward trend.” Changing behavior Whale behavior may be changing as some of the planet’s largest mammals cope with a declining food supply, Stewart and others said ...

Humpback whales are known for their extensive use of bubbles—from powerful, aggressive bursts that prove their prowess during courtship to the bubble-net “curtains” they produce to round up ...

But this winter, at least 80 gray whales died in the warm lagoons of Baja Mexico, according to scientists there. Their surveys also show far fewer calves were born than normal. Though not as high ...

A whale fall is the carcass of a whale falling to the ocean floor. The fossils date back to a time when the site in Kutch was under a tropical sea, in a warm and humid coastal environment.

He headed NOAA’s large whale research program for the northeastern U.S. from 2011 to 2019, then led the New England Aquarium’s right whale research program through 2022.

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the ...