Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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A new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science has examined how a group of beluga whales are breeding. This population in Bristol Bay are highly strategic with the males and females both breeding with multiple partners in a polygynandrous system.

Read more: iflscience.com/beluga-whales-use-promiscuity-to-keep-an-isolated-population-healthy-82286

Credit: Greg O’Corry-Crowe and Cortney Watt, Arctic Whale Research Program – FAU/DFO