beluga

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

Ever since Canada’s Marineland shuttered in 2024, there has been a scramble to find homes for 30 beluga whales who were once kept there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

It also serves as a winter foraging site for Cook Inlet beluga whales, whose numbers have dropped to around 300.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

“So over here is the cold-water experience, with your penguins and beluga whales and whatnot. And over there...well, those are some fish, obviously.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

One offshore facility for belugas is being created in Iceland, but in July organisers determined that more work was needed, and delayed the introduction of two whales until next summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Peekachu, 23, Rain, 20, Orisis, 26, and Caspian, 27, were all transferred from Marineland, while longtime Shedd resident Beethoven, 34, also died after eight Marineland belugas were brought there over the summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Eric Otjen, vice president of animals and conservation for SeaWorld San Diego, said the team there “is overjoyed to welcome the belugas to San Diego,” according to Fox 5 San Diego.

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