Let’s Talk Docks
Have you ever been on a boat or standing by the shoreline looking into the horizon and hoping that a whale could just come up out of the vast ocean?
Written by volunteer blog writer Jeanie Luu
If you h...
Drawing a Humpback Whale, All 14 Metres
Inside a half-renovated garage in Squamish, BC, a grade-six student poured the last light of every school day into one huge project: a life-sized drawing of a humpback whale. The days were growing shorter, the ...
Whale Spotting: New Mariner’s Guide Aims To Reduce Vessel Impacts
Ship strikes, vessel disturbance, underwater noise, and air pollution are key threats faced by whales, dolphins and porpoises off British Columbia’s coast. In partnership with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authorit...
Arctic August: Baffin Bay Journey
By John Nightingale, President & CEO, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
The Jacobshavn Glacier or Sermeq Kujalleq is a large outlet glacier in West Greenland near the town of Ilulissat which ends ...
And Thus, the Cetacean Research Program was Born
Summer after summer, tourists and locals alike flock to coastal B.C. for the chance to glimpse killer whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, humpback whales and other marine mammals in their natural environment....
The 411 on the Humpback Whale in English Bay
There’s been a lot of excitement in Vancouver over the sightings of a young humpback whale who’s been making regular appearances in English Bay. While we on the West Coast are used to encounters with wildlife —...
DNA Never Lies
When a dead killer whale washes up on a beach in British Columbia, the first thing we try to determine — along with why it died in the first place — is who it is. Almost all killer whales that spend time in B.C...
The Sound of Culture — Killer Whale Style
“Sccchhhhrrrrssssshhhhh”
The sound of rolling gravel came through the hydrophone speakers along with the rhythmic pounding of surf. Then, a staccato interruption: a high-pitched call from a killer whale. This...