Marine Mammal Research

Monitoring killer whale body condition amidst a pandemic

November 18, 2020

By: Amy Rowley, Photogrammetry Research Assistant This summer, Ocean Wise’s photogrammetry team were lucky enough to return to Johnstone Strait to continue our fieldwork to monitor the body condition of nor...

The Good Kind of Research Flukes

November 10, 2020

Whale Sightings

By: Julie Merchel, Ocean Wise research assistant at the North Coast Cetacean Research Initiative Everybody wants to be a whale researcher! But what do whale researchers do when they’re out on the water? And...

Can Whales Mitigate Climate Change? Whales and the Carbon Cycle

September 30, 2020

Ocean Wise

By: Kaitlin Yehle, MSc Student The skies of metro Vancouver have been an orange haze for much of September; smoke from wildfires to the south, in Washington, Oregon and California, sitting heavy in the air....

One ringed seal claw; Years of data on mercury exposure

August 27, 2020

Ocean Wise

By: Marie Noel, Research Manager, Ocean Pollution Research Program I was lucky to spend a few summers in the Western Arctic studying beluga whales during my PhD and I have to say that the Arctic is truly a...

What’s in a name? Studying the calls of wild belugas

August 10, 2020

Ocean Wise

By: Valeria Vergara, Research Scientist It is late in the evening, the Arctic sun still bright on the horizon, and I am recording a group of belugas that has become temporarily entrapped at low tide in a ri...

Liquid gold: Uncovering the hidden importance of whale poop

May 14, 2020

Ocean Wise

Written by Brittany Visona and Kaitlin Yehle “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” It's a phrase that accurately summarizes the relationship between Ocean Wise Marine Mammal researchers and whale poo...

A Mother’s Love: Killer Whale Culture

May 8, 2020

Whale Sightings

Motherhood is never easy, no matter which species you belong to. From broadcasting millions of eggs to nurturing a single calf to independence, successfully raising the next generation is one of life’s greates...

CSI Ocean Wise: tracking a killer…whale

May 3, 2020

Ocean Wise

By: Adam Warner Research Scientist Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Conservation Research Program Conservation research efforts at Ocean Wise seek to improve our understanding of many issues faced by marine life. ...

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