Located in Chicago, Illinois, Shedd Aquarium shared big news on Instagram in early February. Six months ago, they welcomed a baby Beluga whale to the family, and they recently shared an update ...

The seven-month-old baby beluga whale at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago on March 6, 2025, now has a name, Opus, after more than 1,000 votes were cast by aquarium members.

CHICAGO — The results are in! Over 1,000 votes were cast by Shedd Aquarium members and the beluga calf now has a name. The Shedd revealed Thursday that the name chosen for the 7-month-old beluga ...

DESCRIPTION: Belugas are small whales, measuring up to 15 feet long with a maximum weight of 3,000 pounds. They are bigger than all but the largest dolphins and smaller than most other toothed whales.

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white. Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims ...

A newborn beluga whale calf in Alaska. Almost 100 participants from across the Inuvialuit settlement area and beyond were in Inuvik, N.W.T., this week for the Beluga Summit which ended Thursday.

As he learns to communicate with chirps, whistles and squeals, the Shedd Aquarium’s first baby beluga in over four years now has a name that sings: Opus. It’s a musical term — meaning a set ...