Humpback Whale

• Underwater camera captures humpback whale feeding on bait ball off B.C. coast

  By sheer chance, when he retrieved the camera, he discovered it had captured some amazing footage of the humpback feeding on the bait ball.

  Environment

  Dec 5
  
• Incredible photo of seal ‘caught’ in humpback whale’s mouth off B.C. coast

  "When I zoomed in on the photos after she kind of stopped, I saw the seal getting sloshed around in the mouth and eventually spilling out of the sides," Tomis Filipovic said.

  Environment

  Sep 16
  
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• Crews rescue humpback whale entangled off B.C. coast

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada said the humpback named Smoke was trailing more than 50 metres of line and gear and it took the rescue team several hours to find and free the whale.

  Jul 26
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• ‘Gut-wrenching’ photos show humpback whale with severed tail on B.C. coast

  Conservationists say heartbreaking images of a humpback whale with a severed tail on B.C.'s coast should serve as a wake-up call.

  Environment

  Jul 22
• ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: Dead humpback whale washed up on N.S. shore

  A large humpback whale has wound up on the shore of the Shubenacadie River near the town of Stewiacke on Thursday, four days after it was first discovered in the area.

  Environment

  Jul 4
• ‘Entangled for a while’: Concern grows about Vector the humpback whale off Vancouver Island

  Paul Cottrell, the marine mammal coordinator with the DFO, said that due to the extensive research on humpback whales, it allowed them to identify Vector and his family.

  Environment

  Jul 2
• First humpback whale calf of season spotted near Victoria

  The calf, estimated to be around three and a half months old, was spotted with its mother, nickednamed Black Pearl, in the Haro Strait last week.

  Environment

  Apr 24
• ‘Second chance’: B.C. humpbacks, researchers feature in ‘Planet Earth’ episode

  Humpback whales on the B.C. coast and the researchers who study them are featured in a new episode of 'Planet Earth III.'

  Environment

  Apr 22
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• UBC study finds 8 humpback whales entangled over 13 years at fish farms

  A UBC study was conducted that found that fish farms are impacting some young humpback whales, but relatively it is quite low compared to population numbers.

  Environment

  Mar 23
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• Marine heat wave linked to 20% drop in North Pacific humpbacks: Study

  The study found a 20 per cent drop in North Pacific humpback whale populations between 2012 and 2022 appears to be linked to the 2014-2016 marine heat wave known as "the blob."

  Education

  Mar 11