Beluga whales

Scientists remain puzzled over struggles of Inlet belugas

Beluga whales still make fairly regular appearances in upper Cook Inlet and Turnagain Arm near Anchorage -- more than a dozen were briefly stranded by low tide in August -- but the Cook Inlet population hasn't increased from about 300 since its steep decline in the 1980s and 1990s. That's puzzling to scientists considering the Bristol Bay...

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Beluga whales stranded in Turnagain Arm swim free

About 20 endangered beluga whales freed themselves late Tuesday after being stranded for several hours on the mud flats of Turnagain Arm just west of Bird Point.
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Rescued baby beluga died from infections, necropsy shows

A baby beluga whale rescued in Alaska's Bristol Bay last month had multiple infections when it died late Sunday at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, according to necropsy results.
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Rescued baby beluga whale dies at SeaLife Center in Seward

A baby beluga whale found stranded in Bristol Bay has died at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. The discovery of the calf launched a rare, perhaps unprecedented rescue effort as veterinarians and marine mammal specialists from Alaska and across the country watched the animal around the clock.
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Beluga calf rescue draws specialists to Seward

Marine mammal specialists from across the U.S. have traveled to the Alaska SeaLife Center to help care for a baby beluga whale that became separated from its mother in Bristol Bay shortly after its birth.
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Alaska SeaLife Center gets rescued Bristol Bay beluga calf

A days-old beluga whale calf, believed to have been separated from his mother during a storm, has been rescued from Bristol Bay and is being cared for at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.
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Young beluga found dead in Kenai tribe's setnet

A 10-foot beluga whale was found dead in early May in an educational gillnet set by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe at the mouth of the Kenai River. Tribal representatives told The Redoubt Reporter the whale might have already died before it got caught in the net.
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Four groups sue to protect Cook Inlet beluga whales

Four groups including an Alaska Native village are suing the National Marine Fisheries Service, claiming the federal agency's permit for oil exploration will hurt endangered beluga whales in Cook Inlet.
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Survey spots fewer Cook Inlet belugas in 2011

The 2011 survey of endangered beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet spotted 20 percent fewer animals but federal officials say it's not an indication of an abrupt population drop.
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Federal judge backs listing of Inlet belugas as endangered

For the second time in less than six months, a federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by the Parnell administration challenging an endangered species listing, this time involving Cook Inlet's beluga whales.
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Loss of coast zone program hurts state's beluga whale case

The Parnell administration on Friday officially acknowledged that it had lost a conservation and enforcement tool that it had claimed in court would let it protect Cook Inlet beluga whales without federal interference.