Whales

• Free B.C. course aims to protect whales by better educating boaters

  A B.C. research and conservation group has crafted a new free course aimed at helping protect whales by educating boaters about laws and safety.

  Environment

  Jul 3, 2025
  
• ‘Try to hit pause’: Concern over copycats when B.C. whale videos go viral

  A new campaign is hoping to prevent social media shares from encouraging people to get close to whales in B.C., in contravention of federal regulations.

  Environment

  Jun 19, 2024
  
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• Montreal-based startup gets $850K to protect whales with AI

  Whale Seeker says it has developed an AI tool that analyzes aerial images and can detect marine mammals 25 times faster than the human eye.

  Environment

  May 29, 2024
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• Key testing completed at Nova Scotia’s proposed retirement home for captive whales

  Soil samples were taken from the bottom of a cove south of Port Hilford, where the plan is to build a 40-hectare enclosure for orcas and belugas retired from marine parks.

  Environment

  Dec 6, 2023
• Ocean noise strategy delayed, but whale report by military may sound out path forward

  Marine scientist Kieran Cox said that while the report has flaws, it's a step in the right direction as Canada decides on its long-delayed national ocean noise strategy.

  Environment

  Dec 1, 2023
• 14 whales, 1 dolphin have died at Marineland since 2019: docs

  At Marineland, the Ontario theme park subject to a long running animal welfare investigation, 14 whales and one dolphin have died since 2019.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2023
• Race to rescue nearly 50 beached whales in Australia after dozens dead

  Volunteers worked frantically on a second day Wednesday to save dozens of pilot whales that have stranded themselves on a beach in Western Australia.

  World

  Jul 26, 2023
• Post mortem shows pilot whales were healthy before they swam ashore and died in N.S.

  Animal autopsies on a group of pilot whales that washed ashore last weekend in Port Hood, Cape Breton indicate the whales were healthy.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2023
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• First sighting of right whales in Canadian waters triggers partial fishing closure

  The federal Fisheries Department says it has spotted endangered North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters for the first time this year.

  Environment

  May 8, 2023
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• Inbreeding contributes to southern resident killer whale’s low population growth: study

  Southern resident killer whales had the highest levels of inbreeding of five North Pacific killer whale populations analyzed by researchers.

  Environment

  Mar 24, 2023