The town of Churchill, once the world's polar bear epicentre, is increasingly relying on beluga whale tourism to keep ...

There's no evidence that a well-known beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy was shot to death last month as claimed by animal rights ...

Havldimir quickly became a celebrity in Norway, swimming his way into their Nordic hearts. But this beluga whale's odd story started in 2019 when he was discovered in northern Norway near the ...

A beluga whale that was suspected to be used as a Russian intelligence-gathering tool that became an oceanic celebrity was found dead Saturday. Hvaldimir the beluga whale was found after it was ...

Hvaldimir, the world-famous beluga ... there was no shooting at all and that the injuries portrayed in the activists’ photographs were superficial and did not contribute to the whale’s demise.

The whale was found dead in Norway's Risavika Bay on Aug. 31 Jorgen Ree Wiig, Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries via AP The death of a beloved white beluga whale ... "There are no words for ...

Hvaldimir, the white beluga whale dubbed the “Russian spy whale” that was found dead over the weekend off Norway, was most likely shot, animal-rights groups said Wednesday, calling for an ...

A Beluga whale suspected of being a Russian spy has been shot dead, two animal rights groups have claimed. Two conservation groups filed a police report on Wednesday alleging that the animal ...

Hvaldimir, the beluga whale, a suspected Russian spy, was found dead off the coast of Norway. The beloved celebrity animal was found dead due to apparently unnatural causes at the estimated age of ...

but said there was no explanation for others at this stage. With an estimated age of 15 to 20, Hvaldimir was relatively young for a beluga whale, which can live to between 40 and 60 years of age.

The white beluga whale seen wearing a harness off the coast of northern Norway in 2019 [File: Reuters] Published On 5 Sep 20245 Sep 2024 Animal rights groups said gunfire killed a beluga whale ...