Headlines announcing the arrival of a possible Russian spy dolphin soon circulated around the world as the beluga (dubbed Hvaldimir by locals) continued its Norwegian residency. And while Hvaldimir sadly died in September,

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, only to escape due to a mischievous personality. The whale ...

‘A whale deployed by Vladimir Putin as a Russian spy’ – it seems like a chapter of an alternative version of John le Carré’s novel ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’. It has long been alleged that a beluga whale was conducting maritime espionage for the Kremlin in the Arctic.

The beluga dubbed the "spy whale," was wearing a harness with a small camera and a buckle marked with "Equipment St Petersburg."

Hvaldimir, the beluga whale found with a Russian harness in 2019, may have been trained as a guard whale rather than a spy, according to a new BBC documentary. Experts suggest he was taught to detect intruders,

Five years ago, a friendly white beluga whale approached fisherman in the waters off Norway, and quickly cemented his status as a figure of international intrigue. Hvaldimir, as the whale came to be known,