Spielberg's next film, Schindler's List, was based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a man who risked his life to save 1,100 Jews from the Holocaust. Schindler's List earned Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director (it also won Best Picture).
For other uses, see Beluga (disambiguation). The beluga whale or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus.
Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) inhabit the arctic and subarctic waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Like all other whales, belugas are mammals that breathe air and nurse their young.Mammals are one group of vertebrates, the first of which appeared about 450 million years ago, during the Cambrian Period.ertebrates have a central column of bones -- the vertebral column -- which houses much of the nervous system. Vertebrates are a very successful group of animals and they have diverged into numerous groups, including reptiles, fish, amphibians and mammals.