Four more belugas arrive at Chicago aquarium from shuttered Canadian theme park

Four more belugas have arrived at a Chicago aquarium as part of a plan to move Canada’s last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park to aquariums in the United States and Spain.

Four more belugas have arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago as part of a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park in Canada to aquariums in the United States and Spain

Four more belugas have arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago as part of a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park in Canada to aquariums in the United States and Spain

Four more belugas arrive at Chicago aquarium from shuttered Canadian theme park  AP News

Beluga whaleIn the quiet pools of the New York Aquarium, a groundbreaking experiment was unfolding. It was 2001, and a team of scientists was about to test a question that had long fascinated researchers: could beluga whales, the white Arctic cetaceans known for their expressive faces and complex social lives, recognis

Shedd Aquarium’s beluga whale population is about to double — from what it was a month ago. Four more of the white cetaceans are expected to leave the shuttered Marineland Canada this week, arriving in Chicago early Thursday if all goes to plan. That’s a big “if,” given the storms that continue to sweep through the reg