The enigma of the harnessed beluga whale spotted off the coast of Norway ... could have been a Russian escapee from a military base in the Arctic Circle, presumably before finishing its training.

Braving subzero temperatures and underwater conditions, Natalia Avseenko, 36 threw away her inhibitions and her clothes to dive in with the Arctic Beluga whales, in an extremely interesting yet ...

Why we may soon see more Arctic hybrids like the pizzly Why we may soon see more Arctic hybrids like the pizzly The strange saga of Hvaldimir the ‘Russian spy whale’ The strange saga of ...

Thousands of beluga whales are captivating visitors in Canada's Hudson Bay, while environmental concerns about their future in warming Arctic waters mount. The playful white whales, known for ...

Getty Images The beluga whale pictured on Saturday coming up for ... so far from its natural habitat - the cold waters of the Arctic and sub-Arctic. Belugas occasionally venture south in the ...

In the past when I traveled to the arctic to film Polar bears, I always went during the winter when there was snow on the ground. After all, capturing images of Polar bears in snow is the ...

it must happen before exploitation of Arctic resources becomes unstoppable. With the last-ice project, Sala says, “we’re looking 25 years ahead.” A pod of beluga whales swims through ...

It says killer whales in the eastern Canadian Arctic have been observed preying mostly on beluga whales and narwhals, followed by bowhead whales and seals. "We think there's going to be a big ...

(See D.D.W. Hauser et al., “Regional diving behavior of Pacific Arctic beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas and possible associations with prey," Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2015.) Experts from the ...

A puffin’s zany flight path draws your eye, before you spot the distinctive white bulge of a beluga whale breaking the water. From the pristine polar landscapes and hardy Arctic wildlife to the ...