The Airbus Beluga XL is not your typical aircraft; it’s a flying giant designed to carry the largest and heaviest components of the aerospace industry. As the successor to the original Airbus ...

Second, beluga lentils have nothing to do with fish eggs, or fish in general, aside from the fact that the plump, black legumes look a little like a giant lump of caviar.

Beluga sturgeon, also called huso huso, evolved nearly 200 million years ago in the Middle Jurassic period. With a ridged spine, hulking frame and shark-like tail, they resemble modern-day dinosaurs.

A fourth name option was Leucas for the scientific name of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas. Visitors at the Shedd Aquarium watch Opus, the seven-month-old baby beluga on March 6, 2025.

In the late 90s, the beluga sturgeon was classified as an endangered species. Unfortunately, United States consumers were guilty of consuming 60% of the world’s beluga caviar exports.

A beluga whale named Qinu had an adorable reaction to Olivia Walsh and Gavin Hulberg's engagement at Georgia Aquarium on Dec. 18. 'Qinu’s behavior at the window was her own — she was not ...

The Beluga XL can carry a maximum payload of 51 tonnes, surpassing the Beluga ST’s capacity of 44 tonnes. It also has a range of 4,000 kilometers (2,200 nautical miles).

The length of the Beluga XL at 63.1 m is almost twice that of an Airbus A320 aircraft that commonly flies on domestic routes and is 37.6 m long. Its height is 18.9 m against an A320 that is 11.8 m ...

After surviving a polar bear attack in 2013, she found solace in the whales' presence. A beluga whale swims in Hudson Bay outside Churchill, northern Canada, on August 9, 2022.

An unusually-shaped plane has landed at London's Heathrow Airport to deliver spare parts. The Airbus Beluga, named after the whale the aircraft resembles, flew to the airport from Toulouse in France.

Hvaldimir, a beluga whale who captured the hearts of Norwegians, was found dead Saturday. Activists say the whale, believed have been part of a Russian spy operation, was shot.

This photo provided by OneWhale.org on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shows manager Regina Haug next to the carcass of the beluga whale Hvaldimir, who was found dead on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.