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Killer whales - one type of cetacean that can be spotted.Photo Credit Vancouver Aquarium
May. 09, 2012
by Wild Whales
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Your Sightings Can Help Vital Research

Have you been lucky enough to see a whale? Or dolphins on a nearby paddle? If so, your sightings can support research efforts that in turn help these marine animals, and can be shared with our B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network. Many cetaceans (the group of aquatic animals that include whales, dolphins, or porpoises) can be found year-round in the Strait of Georgia, including killer whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, Dall’s porpoises, and harbour porpoises. Other cetaceans such…Continue Reading: Your Sightings Can Help Vital Research

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Mar. 16, 2012
by Vancouver Aquarium
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Daisy at the Vancouver Aquarium (Carla Crossman)

What’s Happening with Harbour Porpoise?

By guest blogger Carla Crossman Carla Crossman is a current MSc student at UBC studying the elusive harbour porpoise.  She is using DNA to determine if geographically separate groups of harbour porpoise are mating together, or if they have become…Continue Reading: What’s Happening with Harbour Porpoise?

Jan. 06, 2012
by Vancouver Aquarium
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(Jack Springer)

Another Great Year of Sightings: Part II

2011 was another great year here at the Vancouver Aquarium’s B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network. Our program continued to grow, allowing us to better understand the distribution and occurrence of cetaceans along the coast. Our database now contains nearly 65,000 sightings…Continue Reading: Another Great Year of Sightings: Part II

Dec. 21, 2011
by Wild Whales
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Stranded Pacific white-sided dolphins (Sandy Gammy)

Another Great Year of Sightings: Part I

2011 was another great year for the Aquarium’s B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network.  Our program continued to grow allowing us to better understand the distribution and occurrence of cetaceans along the coast. Our database now contains nearly 65,000 sightings of 23 species of…Continue Reading: Another Great Year of Sightings: Part I

Sep. 16, 2011
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Photo: Anthony Kaulfuss

Paternity Revealed in the Southern Resident Killer Whale Population

British Columbia’s southern resident killer whale population is one of the most intensely studied orca communities in the world, however, we know very little about their mating system.  Using similar genetic techniques employed by Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard in a pioneering…Continue Reading: Paternity Revealed in the Southern Resident Killer Whale Population

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