Learning to Listen follows Dr. Valeria Vergara and team as Raincoast examines what different killer whale calls may mean, and how underwater noise impacts the lives of these animals.
The problem is not identifying threats; it is reducing those threats at a scale sufficient to enable recovery. The greatest risk is failing to act.
Learn more about last year’s winner of the Raincoast Ocean Science Student Award, Kiara Kattler, and her work exploring roles of predators in invasive species management in Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Territory.
Too little food. Too much noise. Too much pollution. Ship strikes. This is how extinction happens – one added pressure at a time.
The jeopardy test is a legal line: a project cannot be authorized if it threatens the survival or recovery of a species.
Don’t build new risks into herring’s nursery. Robert’s Bank Terminal 2 and West Coast Oil Pipeline would add different pressures to the same nearshore waters. Pacific herring should not have to absorb both.
Immerse yourself in the places you love most! Explore the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest on earth from British Columbia’s most remote wildlife viewing lodge. Raincoast is partnering with Indigenous owned and led Spirit Bear Lodge to offer an all-inclusive 6-night package in the Unceded Traditional Territory of the Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation. The winning…
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Drones reveal hidden differences in how fish-eating killer whales cooperate.
New research highlights strong population structure in the endangered St. Lawrence beluga population.
Action alert: It’s not just endangered species being undermined by federal fast tracking of major projects, it’s also the SARA legislation that protects them.