New film: Shared Water, Shared Crisis
New film shows Canadian scientists and First Nations leaders working together to protect Southern Resident Killer Whales and Chinook salmon.
From killer whales to humpbacks
One of our most striking findings in 2024 was a negative relationship between the health of females and the number of offspring they had.
There is still time to save endangered killer whales
Help us communicate the urgency of an emergency order to protect Southern Resident killer whales under section 80 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA).
Confronting bright extinction
With more deaths in 2024 than births, action is needed more than ever.
Hanging by a thread
Highly intelligent, social, and sensitive, with sophisticated communication skills and strong family ties, these whales have an intrinsic right to live their lives.
Sounding the alarm: The federal draft Ocean Noise Strategy falls short
Why Canada’s draft Ocean Noise Strategy misses the mark.
Federal promises made for endangered whales during TMX approval are unfulfilled
Southern Resident killer whales need protective orders to facilitate recovery.
Using poop to identify individual killer whales
DNA can answer many questions about a killer whale’s health and family tree.
Reduced genetic diversity: another challenge facing the Southern Resident killer whales?
As charismatic mega-predators, killer whales have no equal. Historically feared, respected, in some cultures revered, we now know them to be intelligent and highly social. They also have fascinatingly strong ideas about what constitutes food, with different populations having vastly different preferred prey. Not surprisingly, then, the plight of the critically endangered salmon-eating Southern Resident…
Guide government action for Southern Resident killer whale recovery before Feb 19
The federal government is accepting your input through a survey, for this year’s recovery and threat reduction measures for Southern Resident killer whales.
Fly with care: avoiding disturbance when using drones to study cetaceans
Can drones disturb the animals that we strive to understand?
Meet Valeria Vergara, co-Director of Raincoast’s new Cetacean Research Program
We posed some questions to Valeria to get to know her better.