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beluga

[buh-loo-guh] / bəˈlu gə /




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Europe's largest aquarium, Oceanogràfic València in Spain, recorded the death of one beluga, Jelly Bean, and one dolphin, Echo.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Seeing these first beluga whales arrive safely to their new homes is an important milestone, but it’s not the finish line,” Aibel said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Six beluga whales have arrived at aquariums in the United States after being moved from a closed Canadian marine park that could no longer care for the mammals.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Over a period of 13 years, researchers collected small tissue samples from 623 beluga whales.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026

The fresh and dried fish; the fat, oil, or meat from beaver, beluga, caribou, moose, oogruk, polar bear, and walrus; cranberries, salmonberries and wild rhubarb all had so far escaped contamination.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Georgia Aquarium recently took in two male Marineland belugas, named Balor, 10, and Zephyr, 7.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Despite the rescue operation, tragically, five of the belugas have since died, as well as one dolphin.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The three belugas were transported to California on Saturday in a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 cargo plane.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Project opponents, including a tribal council and environmental groups, sued last year over the venture’s Clean Water Act permit, citing the potential effect on belugas, among other environmental concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

What happened when all the new animals in the north killed off the arctic foxes and belugas and narwhals and polar bears that already lived there?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz


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