beluga

Tyonek became the first ever beluga calf to be successfully nursed back to health when the Alaska SeaLife Center rescued him in 2017. The baby beluga was…

A citizen-science project this spring to document Cook Inlet beluga whales in the Kenai River was wildly successful.Until it wasn’t.The spotting project…

Beluga whale watching used to be a popular attraction around Kenai, but for the past 20-some years sightings have become increasingly rare. And, for most…

In one lifetime, the number of beluga whales in Cook Inlet has dwindled by about a thousand, with a little more than 300 still hanging on. As a result,…