A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) – Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium performed a historic surgery on a 12-year-old beluga whale named Kimalu.

Beluga whale Kimalu wakes from anesthesia after a first-of-its-kind surgery to remove cysts at Shedd Aquarium.

Officials at Shedd Aquarium say they are guardedly optimistic about the outcome of a groundbreaking surgery on 12-year-old ...

The animal health and care teams at the aquarium noticed she was dealing with bumps that turned out to be cysts.

A beluga whale at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

Kimalu (KEE-ma-loo), a 12-year-old female beluga whale, is resting comfortably following a historic procedure at Chicago's ...

To ensure Kimalu could wake up smoothly, she was surrounded by her keepers and even played noises from the rest of Shedd’s ...

One of the Shedd Aquarium marine mammals is expecting. The Shedd announced that "Mauyak", a 37-year-old beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is pregnant and expected to give birth in the summer of ...

The 32-year-old rockhopper was one of several penguins that visited the Underwater Viewing area of Shedd's Oceanarium habitat, which is home to several beluga whales.

Share The Shedd Aquarium announced Tuesday that one of its beluga whales is pregnant and is expected to give birth next summer. Mauyak, a 37-year-old beluga whale, last gave birth in 2012 to a ...

The nearly 1,065-pound whale is currently recovering in a medical habitat at the aquarium, but an expert says she's not yet ...