Here Come the Grey Whales
It’s official, spring is upon us! While the season brings a suite of familiar signs: crocuses, buds on trees, and bird song, if you turn your eyes to the water, you may also be lucky enough to witness the first...
Getting the Killer Whale Call
On March 12, 2015, Tessa Danelesko, coordinator of the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network, and Bailey Eagan, research analyst with the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Research Program, set off to find killer wh...
Sea Turtle Sighting a Possible First for B.C.
As someone who spends approximately 60 days a year working at sea, often in remote locations, independent biologist Luke Halpin has more opportunity to see rare marine wildlife than most British Columbians. His...
Newborn Killer Whales Spotted off B.C. Coast
There has been a lot of buzz in the news lately surrounding newborn killer whales off the coast of British Columbia including the surprise addition to L pod confirmed yesterday, making it three total newborn wh...
Top Sightings Stories of 2014
From bubblenet feeding, to the return of Cassiopeia, here are a few of the top sighting stories from the Vancouver Aquarium B.C. Cetacean Sighting Networks’s (Sightings Network) past year.
Life and Loss for ...
Summer’s Almost Over but the Sightings Network Still Needs Your Help!
Many of us try to spend as much of the summer by the ocean as possible: sunning on the shore, riding the waves, or setting sail. That’s the main reason that the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network experiences a bum...
Here’s the Skinny on Having a Whale Wise Summer
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...
A Day for Pacific Leatherbacks
“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...