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  • Ocean Wise
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    • What’s Haunting Your Shoreline This Halloween?

      Vancouver Aquarium
      October 17, 2017
      Ocean Wise, Shoreline Cleanup
    Recent

    • Webinaire : « Découvrez notre Saint-Laurent »

      Ocean Wise
      November 24, 2020

    • Hope for the Holidays

      Ocean Wise
      November 23, 2020

    • Réservez la date! Le festival national de la Chaudrée des Chefs : du 1er au 28 février 2021

      Ocean Wise
      November 19, 2020

    • Save the Date: National Chowder Chowdown Festival coming February 2021

      Ocean Wise
      November 19, 2020

    • Citizen Science Informs Government ban of Single-Use Plastics

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      November 10, 2020

    • Generations of Sustainability in Montreal – the Marina Del Rey Family

      Ocean Wise
      November 6, 2020
  • Marine Mammal Rescue
    Random
    • Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Rescue of the Week: Robin van Persie from Richmond

      Vancouver Aquarium
      July 31, 2015
      Marine Mammal Rescue
    Recent

    • Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

    • Urgent call for help to re-open Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      June 8, 2020

    • Seal-ed with a kiss: Couples wild about volunteering spend quality time at Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      February 14, 2020

    • New TV series will feature the work of Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue team

      Ocean Wise
      January 30, 2020

    • ‘Berni’ the tropical sea turtle slowly warms to new MMRC environment

      Ocean Wise
      October 4, 2019

    • Rescued Northern sea otter Tazlina jets in from Alaska

      Ocean Wise
      September 9, 2019
      3
  • Vancouver Aquarium
    Random

    • Visiting the Aquarium: Our Tips to You (Part I)

      Public Relations
      February 21, 2014
      Vancouver Aquarium
    Recent

    • Whitecaps FC and Vancouver Aquarium bring you ‘ugly Christmas sweater’ face masks

      Ocean Wise
      November 6, 2020

    • From postcards to fish packs: Vancouver Aquarium gives thanks to our amazing community supporters

      Ocean Wise
      October 9, 2020

    • Rescued sea otter and global YouTube star ‘Joey’ featured on new Whitecaps FC facemask in support of Vancouver Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      October 9, 2020

    • Wondering what people are saying about the Vancouver Aquarium x Whitecaps FC Facemaks?

      Ocean Wise
      October 5, 2020

    • New seaweed hand sanitizer is good for your hands and good for the earth

      Ocean Wise
      September 28, 2020

    • Vancouver Aquarium Transformation

      Sarah Ellam
      August 31, 2020
      1
  • Ocean Wise Seafood
    Random

    • 10 Fun Ways to Support #OceanWiseMonth this February

      Ocean Wise
      January 31, 2020
      Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Ocean Wise Seafood
    Recent

    • Webinaire : « Découvrez notre Saint-Laurent »

      Ocean Wise
      November 24, 2020

    • Hope for the Holidays

      Ocean Wise
      November 23, 2020

    • Réservez la date! Le festival national de la Chaudrée des Chefs : du 1er au 28 février 2021

      Ocean Wise
      November 19, 2020

    • Save the Date: National Chowder Chowdown Festival coming February 2021

      Ocean Wise
      November 19, 2020

    • Generations of Sustainability in Montreal – the Marina Del Rey Family

      Ocean Wise
      November 6, 2020

    • Winner of Halloween’s Spookiest Fish Contest

      Ocean Wise
      October 31, 2020
  • Education
    Random

    • Make an Ocean Impact

      Ocean Wise
      January 16, 2018
      Aquablog, Education
    Recent

    • Where are they now? Catching up with Ocean Bridge alum Aira Sarmiento

      Ocean Wise
      July 24, 2020

    • Artists for Ocean Wise – new colouring app in support of Vancouver Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      July 22, 2020

    • Ocean Wise is celebrating ‘World Oceans Day’ for the entire month of June!

      Ocean Wise
      June 3, 2020
    • A mother and her son pose in front of the webcam after discussing their positive experience with Ocean Wise's online learning virtual classes about marine life.

      Mateo’s Deep Dive: An Online Learning Adventure

      Ocean Wise
      May 12, 2020
      1

    • Winnipegger on guard for oceans: Ocean Bridge’s Kirsten Desorcy profiled in Manitoba newspaper

      Ocean Wise
      May 3, 2020

    • Kids at home? Online Oceans Launches just in time to Save Parents (and help the ocean)

      Ocean Wise
      March 30, 2020
  • Arctic
    Random
    • Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre Arctic Research

      Diving in the Arctic 2015: The Secrets of the Ocean

      Vancouver Aquarium
      August 28, 2015
      Arctic Connections
    Recent

    • Quiet Oceans: Has the COVID-19 crisis reduced noise in whale habitats?

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
      2

    • Pilot Program Conducts Ocean Plastics Workshop with Youth from Nunavut’s Pond Inlet

      Ocean Wise
      October 4, 2019

    • Diving in the Arctic Unknown

      Ocean Wise
      August 22, 2018

    • Innovation in the High Arctic

      Ocean Wise
      August 14, 2018

    • Wild Canadian Coastlines 

      Ocean Wise
      June 29, 2018
      1

    • Celebrating Ice Algae on Polar Bear Day

      Ocean Wise
      February 27, 2018
  • Shoreline Cleanup
    Featured
    • New Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup video highlights issue of shoreline litter. Register this fall at ShorelineCleanup.ca.

      Startling Video Brings New Meaning to Shoreline Litter

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      September 3, 2013
      Shoreline Cleanup, Videos
    Recent

    • Citizen Science Informs Government ban of Single-Use Plastics

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      November 10, 2020

    • Thousands of Canadians Took on the Cleanup Challenge

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      October 14, 2020

    • Join the “Cleanup Across Canada” challenge with #TeamShoreline

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      September 23, 2020

    • Clean Shoreline Communities: municipalities as leaders in the fight against plastic pollution

      Ocean Wise
      July 31, 2020

    • Ocean Wise applauds Government of Canada’s commitment to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

    • #TeamShoreline needs your help reaching one million citizens by September

      Ocean Wise
      July 13, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Research
    Random

    • Whale Spotting: New Mariner's Guide Aims To Reduce Vessel Impacts

      Vancouver Aquarium
      February 15, 2017
      Research Site - CORI
    Recent

    • Monitoring killer whale body condition amidst a pandemic

      Marine Mammal Research
      November 18, 2020

    • The Good Kind of Research Flukes

      Marine Mammal Research
      November 10, 2020

    • Ocean Not Immune to Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic

      Ocean Wise
      October 29, 2020

    • Can Whales Mitigate Climate Change? Whales and the Carbon Cycle

      Marine Mammal Research
      September 30, 2020

    • Below the surface: the impacts of COVID-19 on marine mammals

      Ocean Wise
      September 14, 2020

    • Online lecture series honours 25th annual Ocean Award winners

      Ocean Wise
      September 14, 2020
  • Whale Sightings
    Random

    • A Mother's Love: Killer Whale Culture

      Marine Mammal Research
      May 8, 2020
      Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Initiative - Vulnerable Species and Habitats, Research Site - CORI, Whale Sightings
    Recent

    • The Good Kind of Research Flukes

      Marine Mammal Research
      November 10, 2020

    • The BCCSN Welcomes BC Ferries to the Whale Trail

      Sarah Wilson
      September 10, 2020

    • And the Award for Top Cetacean Reporter Goes To…

      Wild Whales
      July 23, 2020

    • Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

    • Unexpected Urban Whales: City Slicker Cetaceans Sighted During Coronavirus

      Wild Whales
      July 14, 2020

    • Quiet Oceans: Has the COVID-19 crisis reduced noise in whale habitats?

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
      2

Author Marine Mammal Research

Marine Mammal Research

Monitoring killer whale body condition amidst a pandemic

Marine Mammal Research
November 18, 2020
Aquablog, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Site - CORI
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

Marine Mammal Research
November 10, 2020
Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Initiative - Conservation Through Citizen Science, Research Site - CORI, 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

Marine Mammal Research
September 30, 2020
Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Site - CORI
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

Marine Mammal Research
August 27, 2020
Research - Special Places, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Site - CORI
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

Marine Mammal Research
August 10, 2020
Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Initiative - Vulnerable Species and Habitats, Research Site - CORI
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

Marine Mammal Research
May 14, 2020
Aquablog, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals
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

Marine Mammal Research
May 8, 2020
Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Initiative - Vulnerable Species and Habitats, Research Site - CORI, 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

Marine Mammal Research
May 3, 2020
Aquablog, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Conservation Genetics
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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