The animal health and care teams at the aquarium noticed she was dealing with bumps that turned out to be cysts.

A beluga whale underwent a “milestone” surgery procedure in Chicago to remove cysts from its head and neck. The Shedd ...

CHICAGO – Shedd Aquarium welcomed a new resident Wednesday evening: a baby beluga whale born to 35-year-old mother, Naya! Earlier in the day, the aquarium said its animal care team realized Naya ...

The 32-year-old rockhopper was one of several penguins that visited the Underwater Viewing area of Shedd's Oceanarium habitat, which is home to several beluga whales.

Shedd Aquarium's beluga whale, Mauyak, gives birth to calf Sunday, July 7, 2019 Shedd Aquarium announces 38-year-old Mauyak gave birth to a healthy calf on Wednesday, July 3 at 7:23 p.m.

Shedd Aqaurium/ Brenna Hernandez Share The Shedd Aquarium’s baby beluga whale is nameless no more. After more than 19,000 votes were cast in a weeklong campaign, the 4-month-old beluga male calf ...

Puiji, a 25-year-old female beluga whale who was an original member of the Shedd Aquarium’s beluga collection in 1989, died following a seizure in her Oceanarium pool Wednesday night, according ...

One of the Shedd Aquarium marine mammals is expecting. The Shedd announced that "Mauyak", a 37-year-old beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is pregnant and expected to give birth in the summer of ...

Share The Shedd Aquarium announced Tuesday that one of its beluga whales is pregnant and is expected to give birth next summer. Mauyak, a 37-year-old beluga whale, last gave birth in 2012 to a ...

A Serenade for the Beluga Whales by Shedd Aquarium on YouTube. The recent surprise visit from the Chicago Sinfonietta was inspired by the recent naming of the Shedd's new beluga calf, Opus.

In news that makes Chicago’s heart hurt, the Shedd Aquarium announced over the weekend that one of their male beluga whales, Miki, had died “as a result of complications from a prolonged ...

The Shedd Aquarium is asking for help to choose the name of its new baby beluga whale. The now-330 pound claff calf was born in July, marking the Shedd's first birth of a belgua whale in seven years.