If the whale is indeed a Russian spy, as speculated in headlines around the world, it would not be the first marine mammal drafted into military service. Since 2016, ...

The Russian Navy’s marine mammal projects gained worldwide attention when a tame Beluga whale turned up in Norway in April 2019. That whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir, is believed to have escaped from ...

From Russia's Spy Whale to Ukraine's Dolphin Army: The Disturbing History of Military Marine Mammals Published May 02, 2019 at 11:47 AM EDT File photo: A beluga whale is pictured.

The Russian military is reportedly renewing its Cold War–era training of marine mammals, considering such animals useful tools in defending naval bases, assisting military divers and even ...

'Monstrous' new Russian saber-tooth fossils clarify early evolution of mammal lineage. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 06 / 180608085622.htm ...

Russia has always refused to confirm or deny that the beluga whale was trained by its military. But Dr Shpak, who worked in Russia researching marine mammals from the 1990s until she returned to ...

Since 2016, Russia's "underwater special forces" have reportedly recruited whales and seals ...