The peculiar tale of a beluga whale believed to have been a Russian "spy" appears to have been solved. A marine mammal expert suggests the animal was likely trained to guard a Russian naval base ...

Hvaldimir, the Russian military-trained beluga whale. (photo credit: Ein Dahmer is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Via: Wikimedia Commons) The mystery surrounding Hvaldimir, the beluga whale that ...

The world-famous beluga whale thought to have been trained as a Russian spy and later found dead under fishy circumstances is now starring in his own documentary — which reveals his true identity.

The mammal was known locally as Hvaldimir, a pun on the Norwegian word for whale, "hval," and Russian President Vladimir Putin's first name A beluga whale suspected of being a Russian spy found ...

The tame white whale, which locals named Hvaldimir ... Dr Shpak says she is certain the beluga escaped from the Russian military programme but is not convinced it was a spy Dr Shpak did not ...

A suspected “spy” whale that died off Norway this year escaped from a Russian naval base, a scientist said. The beluga, ...

The tame beluga whale has been living in waters off Norway's coast for more than two years A mysterious beluga whale was dubbed a spy when he appeared off Norway's coast wearing a Russian harness.

But rather than a Russian spy, Dr Olga Shpak believes the ... “The location of the beluga whales very close to the submarines and the surface vessels might tell us that they are actually part ...

A beluga whale found off Norway's coast wearing a special Russian harness was probably trained by the Russian navy, a Norwegian expert says. Marine biologist Prof Audun Rikardsen said the harness ...

The tame beluga whale approached Norwegian fishermen in 2019, wearing a harness, leading to speculation that it was an escaped Russian "spy whale" [Norwegian Orca Survey] The mystery as to why a ...

Hvaldimir wasn’t a Russian spy—he was a “hooligan” military base guard who went rogue. Speaking to the BBC ahead of its new documentary on the beluga whale’s story, Shpak said she is ...