KWAP – Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

A Mother’s Love: Killer Whale Culture

May 8, 2020

Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, 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...

DNA: A Key piece in the puzzle of Killer Whale Conservation

Ocean Wise

November 8, 2019

Aquablog, Research Site - CORI

By: Adam Warner There are a lot of moving parts to the conservation of highly mobile marine predators – a big task that can be approached at many different scales at once. From identifying individual animal...

A Whale of a Season — Part 2

Ocean Wise

October 3, 2019

Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Site - CORI

Ocean Wise’s Marine Mammal Research Photogrammetry team embarked on its second research trip of the year last month – this time, off northeast Vancouver Island. (If you haven’t already read it, be sure to chec...

A Whale of a Season – Part 1

Marine Mammal Research

July 25, 2019

Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Site - CORI, Whale Sightings

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, ...

Bigg’s Killer Whales Hunting Seals in Vancouver Harbour

Ocean Wise

April 25, 2019

Whale Sightings

Vancouver, B.C. – For the second time in as many weeks, a group of Bigg’s, or transient killer whales, swam into the Vancouver Harbour yesterday to hunt seals. Bigg’s killer whales, unlike resident killer whale...

Springer’s Success Story

Ocean Wise

February 19, 2019

Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue, Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium, Whale Sightings

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In 2002, an orphaned killer whale, Springer (A73), brought together scientists, government officials and concerned citizens in the first orca recovery effort of its kind. Seventeen years after Springer’s rescue...

Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program Marks 25th Anniversary

Ocean Wise

October 26, 2017

Ocean Wise, Research Site - CORI, Whale Sightings

Since 1992, the Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program has supported ground-breaking research by the Marine Mammal Research Program at the Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative. In the past, th...

Go Green With Your Holiday Gifts

Vancouver Aquarium

December 6, 2016

Vancouver Aquarium

December seems to sneak up on us every year and with it comes the never-ending shopping list. Finding unique gifts for friends and family that already seem to have it all is challenging, which may be the perfec...

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