No buffer left: Southern Residents face too many threats
Too little food. Too much noise. Too much pollution. Ship strikes. This is how extinction happens – one added pressure at a time.
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Goodness Grey-cious!
A surprise visit from a grey whale in Swanson Channel.
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Give killer whales a voice…for years to come
What it takes to power conservation that lasts.
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Guided by mom: The matriarchal world of killer whales
Like us, motherhood is a lifetime commitment for these mammals.
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How will our upcoming killer whale study help endangered Southern Resident killer whales?
Sit down with our Cetacean Conservation Research Program Director, Dr. Valeria Vergara, to answer this question.
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Monitoring on the edge: tracking Southern Residents from a Pender Island bluff
Three years observing whales in a vessel-free zone.
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A noisier Salish Sea: New research and a public education hub document the acoustic crisis facing Southern Resident killer whales
New findings from Boundary Pass show the underwater soundscape is degrading, and current protections are not keeping pace.
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Clues to help you tell Southern Resident and Bigg’s (transient) killer whales apart
Raincoast CSI: Cetacean Species Identification.
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New research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus
Extended periods of time at sea are necessary to collect the data that will bring us closer to understanding – and protecting – killer whales.
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After dark with the Southern Residents
Overnight hydrophone recordings capture killer whales navigating through a noisy ocean.
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The ocean we share
Our new Cetacean Conservation Research Program was launched at the beginning of 2022 and we couldn’t be more excited about it.
