Russia has a track record of training marine animals like dolphins and beluga whales, a practice that dates back to the Soviet Union and continues today. The US Navy has also trained dolphins to ...

They're bigger than all but the largest dolphins and smaller than most other toothed whales. At birth, beluga whales are 5 feet long, roughly 100 pounds, and dark blue-gray in color. Unmistakable as ...

Captive breeding of cetaceans is difficult, and many whales and dolphins currently in captivity around the world were deliberately captured—not rescued—from the wild. Even for bottlenose dolphins, ...

Since the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the USA have trained belugas and dolphins to defend bases and submarines. Hvaldimir might have been one of them before he escaped.

A worrying new publication has exposed the scale of whale and dolphin exploitation across theme parks in China.

That sighting fueled a theory that Hvaldimir was trained by Russia's military, which has a history of using marine animals such as dolphins and beluga whales. The death of Hvaldimir came amid ...

The cetaceans most commonly held in captivity for human entertainment are orcas, beluga whales, bottlenose dolphins and Pacific white-sided dolphins. The tradition of housing cetaceans in captivity ...

Dolphins, too, are used by the Navy to sniff out mines. "Since 1959, the U.S. Navy has trained dolphins and sea lions as teammates for our Sailors and Marines to help guard against similar threats ...

They're bigger than all but the largest dolphins and smaller than most other toothed whales. At birth, beluga whales are 5 feet long, roughly 100 pounds, and dark blue-gray in color. Unmistakable as ...