KWAP – Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

Monitoring killer whale body condition amidst a pandemic

November 18, 2020

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

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...

Can Whales Mitigate Climate Change? Whales and the Carbon Cycle

Marine Mammal Research

September 30, 2020

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

By: Kaitlin Yehle, MSc Student The skies of metro Vancouver have been an orange haze for much of September; smoke from wildfires to the south, in Washington, Oregon and California, sitting heavy in the air....

A Mother’s Love: Killer Whale Culture

Marine Mammal Research

May 8, 2020

Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Initiative - Vulnerable Species and Habitats, Research Site - CORI, 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...

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