The lives of 30 beluga whales — the last captive cetaceans in Canada — are in jeopardy this week. Housed at Marineland, a closed-down theme park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, their future has become the ...

It is part of a larger reckoning. Theme park under fire over disturbing string of animal deaths: 'Catastrophe' first appeared ...

Thirty beluga whales are still alive days after a Canadian marine park threatened to euthanize them if the government did not provide immediate emergency funding, according to officials. "We can ...

Closed to the public for a year and heavily in debt, the aquatic park has unsuccessfully requested emergency funding from the ...

Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium arrived in Iceland on Wednesday to live out their days in a unique marine sanctuary that conservationists hope will become a model for rehoming some 3,000 of ...

Most people think countries like Canada have strong animal protection laws, but it doesn't. A case in point is the unfolding ...

Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium have returned to the sea in an Icelandic sanctuary, conservationists said Monday, expressing hopes of creating a model for rehoming some 300 belugas ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have come ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the Marineland park near Niagara Falls for now after the federal government denied the zoo's request to ship the 30 belugas to China. The ...

A beluga whale was captured biting at two divers inside a tank at the Chengdu Haichang Polar Ocean Park in Sichuan, China, on Thursday, Aug. 14 The pair of divers could be seen swimming away and were ...