We are back and talking all things Fin Whales this month! Show Notes -Fin Whales in the St. Lawrence https://www.rorqual.com/downloads/fin-whale-survival-pdf.pdf -Australian destroyer with two dead Fin Whales on its’ bow https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/australia/australia-destroyer-whales-san-diego-intl-hnk-scli-ml/index.html -Fin Whale songs used for Seismic surveys https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6530/731.abstract -The Fin Whale Project https://www.edmaktub.org/en/fin-whale-project/ –An Amazing Fin Whale Encounter

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Episode 028-Fin Whales

We are back, once again celebrating Orca Awareness Month with a very special guest, Krisztina Balotay, who is here to tell us all about Norwegian Killer Whales! Show Notes: -Krisztina’s Whale Tales –Norwegian Orca Survey –Orca Channel

Episode 027-Norwegian Orcas

Happy Orca Awareness Month! We are back with another Orca filled episode, answering questions asked by YOU! Show Notes: -Biggs Killer Whale ID Catalogue –Northern Resident Killer Whale ID Catalogue –DNA Research between Biggs and Residents –Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennards Dissertation –Killer Whale Teeth -Marine Mammal Response Groups USA –Marine Mammal Response Groups Canada –Marine Mammal […]

Mailbag Episode Four

We are back and talking all about Beaked Whales! Show Notes –Beaked Whales –The Cut ranks 38 whale species –Blainsville Beaked Whales –A Marine Life Bonanza!

Episode 026-Beaked Whales

We are joined by another amazing guest this episode-Ted Cheeseman, the CEO and Co-Founder of Happywhale! Show Notes –Happywhale, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Episode 025-Ted Cheeseman

We are back to celebrate all things dolphin in this Dolphin Awareness Month Episode! Show Notes: -Indus and Ganges Ricer Dolphins are two separate species –Risso’s Dolphin –Hector’s Dolphin –Peale’s Dolphin –Fraser’s Dolphin –Commerson’s Dolphin –Heaviside’s Dolphin –Rough Toothed Dolphin –Patches! –Dolphin Stampede!

Episode 024-Dolphin Awareness Month 2021

To celebrate World Whale Day and our everlasting love for whales (and dolphins and porpoises) we asked YOU for questions about cetaceans for our third mailbag episode! HUGE thank you to all who sent in questions! If yours was not answered, never fear, we have plans to do more mailbag episodes in the future so […]

Mailbag Episode Three

Happy February Storytellers! We are back with a shorter ep (in preparation of our Second Annual Mailbag coming out later this month!) and it’s a bit musical and a bit explicit but still full of fun cetacean facts! Show Notes: –Grey Whale Mating Video –Grey Whale Sex Life –OceanWise, Seafood Watch –Epic Day with the […]

Episode 023-Let’s Talk About (Cetacean) Sex!

We are back for 2021! To celebrate the new year we discuss some new discoveries in cetacean research and some exciting updates from whale tales itself! Show Notes -New Blue Whale Species articles here and here -New Beaked Whale Species articles here and here –New Baleen Whale Species confirmation –Comparative Spine Anatomy –Vertebral osteology –My […]

Episode 022-What’s New?

We are joined this episode by a very exciting and special guest-Dr. Valeria Vergara, Beluga researcher extraordinaire! The contact call audio and the clip of a child calling in a busy playground are both copyright Dr. Valeria Vergara, Ocean Wise, and are shared here with her permission. Show Notes: –Drone footage of Beluga Whale contact […]

Episode 021-Dr. Valeria Vergara

This month we are going BIG and talking all about Blue Whales! Show Notes –Cetacean Energetics –Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) research –Song Changes in South Pacific –App for Ships to help avoid strikes –Judith’s Whale Tales

Episode 020 – Blue Whales

We are back this month with a look at River Dolphins! A grouping that seems self explanatory (spoiler: it is not!) Show Notes: –River Dolphins  –False Killer Whale, Bottlenose Dolphin relationship study  –Kayaking with River Dolphins! 

Episode 019-River Dolphins

We are back this month with a deep dive into the largest toothed whale species-the Sperm Whale! Show Notes -The Naming of Things: Sperm Whale, Blackfish -Sperm Whale Tales in BC: Skylar, Gary –Sperm Whale head  –Sperm Whales sleeping vertically –Request a Mail In Ballot for the BC Provincial Election –How to Vote in Every […]

Episode 018 – Sperm Whales

We are joined by a very special guest this episode-Ashley Keegan, one of our first ever Storytellers! She talks about what it is like being on the water during the COVID-19 pandemic, shares some fun facts and of course some incredible whale tales! Show Notes: –Backyard Whale Watching –Ashley’s Stories -Whale Watching Regulations and Guidelines […]

Episode 017 – From The Field

We are back this month discussing Biomimicry -what is that? Better listen to find out! Show Notes: –Examples of Biomimicry –Sonar –Wind Turbines Using Tubercles for Efficiency  –BC Whales Catalogue  –Humpbacks of the North Coast –Alaska Humpbacks -SPLASH report, catalogue –Happywhale  –Hooray for Monterey 

Episode 016 – Biomimicry

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