Research – Species Under Threat – Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

Monitoring killer whale body condition amidst a pandemic

November 18, 2020

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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...

How species behaviour can help us better understand climate change

Ocean Wise

October 2, 2020

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Written By: Laura BordenPhoto credit: Lee Newman Climate change. It’s one of the most talked about and significant threats facing ocean health. Carbon dioxide emissions are causing declines of ocean pH. And...

One ringed seal claw; Years of data on mercury exposure

Marine Mammal Research

August 27, 2020

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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...

When ‘clean energy’ comes up short: Wind farms threaten Taiwanese white dolphins

Ocean Wise

August 10, 2020

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By Amber Dearden In the Eastern Taiwan Strait, between China and Taiwan, 22 large wind turbines stand tall above the waters. Now in operation, these giants generate 128 MW of “green” energy, of which Taiwan...

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

Marine Mammal Research

August 10, 2020

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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...

Just Another Day Collecting Whale Poo

Sarah Wilson

August 4, 2020

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By: Kaitlin Yehle, MSc Student It’s 6:00am and my phone is buzzing beside my pillow, letting me know it’s time to get ready for another day on the water collecting Northern resident killer whale feces. I...

Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

Ocean Wise

July 21, 2020

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In 2019, citizen scientists reported more than 9,000 sightings through the Ocean Wise WhaleReport App contributing to important research and conservation efforts . The results are in. In 2019, 1,149...

A stressful environment: examining stress in resident killer whales

Ocean Wise

June 15, 2020

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By: Brittany VisonaResearch Biologist at Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Conservation Research Program Stress. You’ve experienced it in one form or another, whether you were late to catch your bus, ran into a bea...