A wave of community support for hosting coastal listening stations
Let’s talk about our hydrophone stations and how you can help.
A shift in focus for NoiseTracker
Raincoast has hosted the NoiseTracker initiative since 2023. This year, we have shifted our focus from building a coast-wide noise monitoring platform to a more localized underwater noise research and analysis program. Through NoiseTracker, we aim to provide governments and decision-makers with science-based recommendations that support healthy marine ecosystems.
The ethics of flying drones over whales
Raincoast uses drones to study killer whale health…and we always put photography ethics, including the well-being of the whales, first.
Take action to request an emergency order for Southern Resident killer whales
With intensifying threats, emergency protections for endangered killer whales are necessary.
Elizabeth May has presented our House of Commons petition calling for a 1,000 metre buffer around Southern Resident killer whales
The petition seeks this buffer to match protections provided by Washington State that are coming into effect in January, 2025.
Take action for Southern Resident killer whales
Tell your MP and responsible ministers to enact a mandatory 1,000 metre vessel buffer for endangered Southern Resident killer whales.
Southern Residents, salmon, and certainty in science
Examining the research that compares salmon abundance to Southern Resident killer whale survival and reproduction.
New study coins the term ‘bright extinction’ to describe the failure of Southern Resident killer whales to recover
The study reveals more action is needed to save endangered Southern Residents.
Meet Dr. Erin Wall, a new Postdoctoral Fellow with Raincoast
Erin recently joined the Raincoast’s Cetacean team as a postdoctoral fellow to research humpback whales through her project “Singing to be heard.”
Guide government actions on Southern Resident killer whale recovery: Take the federal survey before February 12, 2024
This federal survey will take around 20 minutes.
“I say potato, you say potahto”: Geographic variation in contact calls of Canadian beluga whales
A new study identifies variation in the structure of contact calls among four Canadian beluga populations.
The lives and language of whales
The Cetacean Conservation Research Program studies the biology, ecology, and behavior of whales and dolphins.
