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A bereaved female killer whale who carried her dead calf for more than two weeks in 2018 has again lost a newborn and is bearing its body, US marine researchers said. Scientists say whales are among the world’s most intelligent animals, exhibiting complex social behaviour including self-awareness and suffering. The Washington state-based Center for Whale […]
Whale-watching season began this week in Mexico, and the Baja California Sur Tourism Ministry (Sectur-BCS) is inviting the public to experience what some call “the most extraordinary wildlife encounter on the planet.” And lest you think Sectur-BCS is trying to rope in unsuspecting tourists, even The Oceanic Society — based in California, which boasts its […]
The summer of 2024 on B.C.’s West Coast was full of good surprises. Orcas came back and stayed around a long time, and everyone was gobsmacked by the salmon returns. The Salmon People is back, too: we checked in with salmon biologist Alexandra Morton who spent last summer counting salmon and watching whales return. Get […]
Drone footage of pygmy blue whales off Timor Leste coast For about two months each year, fisherman Faustino Mauloko da Cunha transforms his home along the South Pacific coast into a whale monitoring station. From the morning, villagers and student volunteers gather at the house in Subaun, a village in the north of Timor-Leste. Armed […]
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