The Good Kind of Research Flukes
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...
The BCCSN Welcomes BC Ferries to the Whale Trail
The B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network (BCCSN) is very excited to welcome BC Ferries to The Whale Trail! Based in Seattle, WA, The Whale Trail's mission is to inspire appreciation and stewardship of whales ...
And the Award for Top Cetacean Reporter Goes To…
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...
Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019
In 2019, citizen scientists reported more than 9,000 sightings
through the Ocean Wise WhaleReport App contributing to important
research and conservation efforts
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The results are in.
In 2019, 1,149...
Unexpected Urban Whales: City Slicker Cetaceans Sighted During Coronavirus
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...
A Mother’s Love: Killer Whale Culture
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...
Quiet Oceans: Has the COVID-19 crisis reduced noise in whale habitats?
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By Dr. Valeria VergaraOcean Wise Marine Mammal Conservation Research Program
Photo credit: Valeria Vergara
In September 2001, during the aftermath of 9/11, much of the coastal ocean around North Ameri...
A Whale of a Season – Part 1
Returning from the pilot season of its
drone-based killer whale study along the central coast of British Columbia, Ocean
Wise’s Marine Mammal Research team marked the sixth year of its photogrammetry
project, ...