Following the discovery of Hvaldimir's body, organizations like OneWhale and NOAH raised alarms after noting circular holes in the whale’s carcass, which they believed indicated gunshot wounds. This ...

Animal rights groups questioned the report’s conclusion that there were no human-caused injuries, and they called for further ...

Hvaldimir, a young beluga whale who began life a Russian spy before absconding to Norway, was not deliberately killed. An ...

Beluga Hvaldimir, known worldwide for his suspected role as a Russian spy, was found dead off the coast of Norway last month.

Discover the truth behind Hvaldimir, the so-called "spy whale." Norwegian police reveal he died from a bacterial infection, ...

Animal rights organisations NOAH and One Whale had claimed that Hvaldimir was shot and subsequently filed a police report. In ...

The tame beluga had been nicknamed "Hvaldimir," combining the Norwegian word for whale - hval - and the first name of ...

A beluga whale found dead in Norway in August, suspected by some of being a Russian spy, probably died of an infection and not gunshot wounds, Norwegian police said Friday.

Authorities say a beluga whale that lived off Norway’s coast and whose harness ignited speculation that it was a Russian spy, ...

A beluga whale found off Norway's coast sparked intrigue over a possible role as a Russian spy. However, a Norwegian autopsy ...

A family of killer whales who were stranded in a silted estuary in the Russian Far East have made their way to the open sea after researchers directed them into deeper water, Russia's emergencies ...

Russian rescue teams battled Thursday to save a family of killer whales beached in shallow water in the far east of the country.