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Some of the humpback whale populations found on the B.C. coast are among those that are no longer listed as endangered by the U.S. government ….
“They are at a point now where many of these populations can be considered to be fully recovered,” said Andrew Trites, the director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at UBC.

The Southern Resident orcas are starving. And that’s not all. Lack of prey combined with toxic chemicals in the Puget Sound are a one-two punch for our beloved marine neighbors.

Orcas expend precious energy reserves searching for fewer fish and must cope with vessel noise and harassment from boats that are too close. Their energy reserves …

The recent disappearance of a 42-year-old matriarch is another gloomy note in the gloomy soundtrack of the world’s best-known population of orcas: the Southern Residents, which famously summer in the Salish Sea straddling Washington State and British Columbia.

The iconic whales have been closely monitored for several decades…

CANADA

Six years ago, on 11 August 2010, whale researchers working in the western North Pacific encountered something very unusual: a white male killer whale, or orca. Two days later the white whale, nicknamed Iceberg, reappeared in a large group of orcas – a group that included a second white whale.

In fact, over the past few years the researchers have encountered no fewer than five – and perhaps as many as eight – white orcas in the western North Pacific. They are virtually unheard of elsewhere in the world’s oceans. Their unusual abundance

INTERNATIONAL

Amazing aerial footage captured off the coast of the Mercury Islands shows orca hunting for stingray in the shallows. Tauranga wildlife photographer Jack Preston was diving with friends on Sunday when two orca “appeared out of nowhere”. Using a drone ……

A new International Union for Conservation of Nature guide, authored by Duke University’s Doug Nowacek, outlines the best practices governments and energy companies should follow to reduce harmful impacts on marine life from underwater seismic surveys’ intense sounds.

In seismic surveys, air guns towed behind ships emit powerful bursts of sound …

For centuries, humpback whales were hunted to the brink of extinction. But now, following a forty-year initiative to protect them from whalers, their population is finally on the rebound.

In an announcement earlier this week, NOAA Fisheries reported that 9 out of fourteen known populations of humpbacks worldwide have recovered to the point where …

Two dolphins have been recorded for the first time having a conversation, after scientists developed an underwater microphone which could distinguish the animals’ different "voices.…

The drone footage is helpful in determining the overall health of the whales. “Drones are allowing us to non-invasively measure the size and body condition of free living southern right whales, which in turn allows us to investigate important aspects of their health and reproduction, including the growth rate of calves in relation to the condition of their mothers,” said Dr. Fredrik Christiansen, part of …

Pinkie, the extremely rare pink dolphin, just made an appearance in a Louisiana lake. Thankfully, plenty of bystanders were on hand to capture images of the beautiful bottlenose dolphin.

Pinkie first appeared in Lake Calcasieu in 2007. The lake is just east of Beaumont, Texas and just south of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Sea water from the Gulf of Mexico …

Greece provides an irresistible blend of warm Mediterranean climate, fascinating ancient culture, and seas rich in marine life. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to learn about and make an active contribution towards the conservation of two of the world’s most charismatic and endearing marine species – the bottlenose and short beaked common dolphin. By joining Frontier’s dolphin conservation project in the Mediterranean Sea you will be making a positive contribution to the protection of dolphin populations around the west coast of Greece, whilst at the same time gaining …

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