Wild Whales, Author at Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

And the Award for Top Cetacean Reporter Goes To…

July 23, 2020

By: Aaron Purdy and Sarah Patton, at Ocean Wise's Southern Vancouver Island Research Initiative We’ve crunched the numbers and the results are in! Since its inception in 1999, the B.C. Cetacean Sighting...

Unexpected Urban Whales: City Slicker Cetaceans Sighted During Coronavirus

July 14, 2020

Whale Sightings

By: Lauren Dares, Coordinator of the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network It has been an unusual and uncertain start to 2020. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that a year that started off with pro-democracy mas...

Here’s the Skinny on Having a Whale Wise Summer

August 5, 2014

Whale Sightings

Now that it’s August, summer is in full throttle, and is the ideal season for boaters and paddlers to enjoy Canada’s rivers, lakes and oceans. If you’re a resident of, or visitor to British Columbia, you may ev...

Leatherback sea turtle sighted at sea. Photo credit: Slawek Skorupinski.

A Day for Pacific Leatherbacks

October 15, 2013

Whale Sightings

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“I couldn’t figure out what I was looking at,” Leslie explains on the phone call. “At first, when I saw the head, I thought it was an alligator, but I knew that couldn’t be right. Then I realized it was a turtl...

Vancouver Orca Sighting Quite a “Bigg’s” Deal

June 19, 2013

Whale Sightings

It’s not every day that a group of killer whales swim past your office window, especially when the view includes the developed northern shore of Vancouver’s harbour. But that is precisely what happened on Frida...

Adventure and Science: a Great Match for Conservation

February 21, 2013

Whale Sightings

Sometimes we all need a little help finding the right match. No, we’re not talking about dating sites and finding love, but here at the Vancouver Aquarium’s B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network, we’re continually wo...

Keep Your Eyes Peeled – It’s Sea Turtle Season

September 12, 2012

Whale Sightings

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When you hear the term “sea turtle,” images of tropical blue waters and white sand beaches are likely to come to mind ‒ not the rocky shores of British Columbia’s coast. And while it’s true that you are more li...

It’s a Dolphin! It’s a Whale! It’s a…Do You See What I See?

July 19, 2012

Whale Sightings

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It is estimated that British Columbia’s coastline is home to approximately 18 species of cetaceans – including the killer whale, harbour porpoise, and Pacific white-sided dolphin – as well as two species of sea...

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