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New research reveals human-like speaking ability in beluga whale

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Nearly 30 years of research was revealed last week when neurobiologist Sam Ridgway went public with his evidence that a particular beluga whale had learned to make himself speak like a human. The revelation has caught the scientific community by surprise.

The Beluga Whale That Mimicked Humans

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Singing with Belugas

Up North In Search of the Polar Bear

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Explorations in an Aquarium

As a fisherman, commentator Nancy Lord lives and works with the Beluga whales of Alaska’s Cook Inlet. But she didn’t really get to know the whales until a recent visit to an aquarium.

Bombing Belugas

Steve Curwood talks with Pierre Beland who is a senior research scientist at the St. Lawrence National Institution of Eco-Toxicology in Montreal, Canada. Mr. Beland worries about the decline of large mammals, noting that the St. Lawrence River, now home to the surviving 500 Beluga whales, supported 10,000 whales less than a century ago. Some […]

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Beluga Whales

Commentator Nancy Lord reflects on her appreciation for the mysterious Beluga whales of Cook Inlet from her home in Alaska.

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In New Jersey, A Whale of an Opportunity

This month, a Canadian beluga whale broke away from his pod in the St. Lawrence Seaway and has been spotted in the Delaware River. Helis, as he’s been named, has brought excitement ?and an influx of tourists ?to the small town of Burlington, New Jersey wh