‘Beluga whale now an endangered species’ The Beluga whales of Alaska’s Cook Inlet are now an endangered species and require additional protection to survive. The Republican Vice President candidate Sarah Palin’s efforts to keep the...

The silty waters off Anchorage may no longer see the white whales swimming into it once the Cook Inlet Beluga whales go extinct off Alaska’s largest city. According to a study by the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle, there is a...

Unlike in the 1970s, the huge number of beluga whales in Cook Inlet no longer delights locals and tourists alike. Last year, the number has dwindled to just 278, as estimated last year. But, what is leading to this disappearance of the whales left...