Goodness Grey-cious!
It was a quiet Wednesday, both literally and figuratively. Only a handful of vessels were moving through our survey area…
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Give killer whales a voice…for years to come
Over the past month we’ve received over $23,500 in donations for our ‘Give Killer Whales a Voice’ initiative. Thank you!…
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Guided by mom: The matriarchal world of killer whales
Mothers are at the centre of all killer whale families. In resident killer whale societies, sons and daughters typically remain…
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How will our upcoming killer whale study help endangered Southern Resident killer whales?
There are only 74 Southern Resident killer whales left, and killer whale habitat health is deteriorating before our eyes (and…
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Monitoring on the edge: tracking Southern Residents from a Pender Island bluff
This is our third year monitoring the Pender Vessel Restricted Zone (VRZ), a protected area designed to reduce disturbance to…
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A noisier Salish Sea: New research and a public education hub document the acoustic crisis facing Southern Resident killer whales
Southern Resident killer whales (SRKWs) live in one of the noisiest stretches of ocean on the Pacific coast. Boundary Pass…
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Clues to help you tell Southern Resident and Bigg’s (transient) killer whales apart
The summer boating season is right around the corner! Whether you’re heading out for a day on the water with…
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New research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus
Our cetacean scientists are preparing for an ambitious 2026 field season aboard Raincoast’s Sailing Vessel Achiever. Raincoast Conservation Foundation has…
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What J-pod teaches us about noise
The Southern Gulf Islands have become a desirable destination for human recreation. One of the most exciting draws is the…
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Do belugas have bromances?
A new scientific review by a research team including Raincoast scientists just dropped at Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. It brings…
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Long-term research on long-lived species takes a village
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated and supported our Listening to Protect campaign through December. The funding…
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A wave of community support for hosting coastal listening stations
In the days following the CBC article featuring Raincoast’s two coastal camera-and-hydrophone livestream monitoring stations, our inbox at Raincoast lit…
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A shift in focus for NoiseTracker
The original NoiseTracker vision was ambitious. Developed by a Steering Committee comprised of representatives from local government agencies, industry, ENGOs,…
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The ethics of flying drones over whales
Drones have been widely used in the last decade for a host of wildlife studies. They’ve been particularly helpful to…
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Take action to request an emergency order for Southern Resident killer whales
Southern Resident killer whales are one of the most deeply revered and iconic wildlife species in Canada. And they are…
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Elizabeth May has presented our House of Commons petition calling for a 1,000 metre buffer around Southern Resident killer whales
Our House of Commons petition asking the Federal government to enact a 1,000 metre buffer around Southern Resident killer whales…
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Take action for Southern Resident killer whales
Last week, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced the 2024 management measures to support Southern Resident Killer Whale…
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Southern Residents, salmon, and certainty in science
The Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW) are some of the Salish Sea’s most iconic inhabitants, but also among its most…
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New study coins the term ‘bright extinction’ to describe the failure of Southern Resident killer whales to recover, despite being the best studied cetaceans in the world
Raincoast, in collaboration with a team of international scientists, authored a new study on the potential to recover the critically…
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Meet Dr. Erin Wall, a new Postdoctoral Fellow with Raincoast
Erin recently joined Raincoast’s Cetacean team as a Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellow in collaboration with the North Coast Cetacean Society…
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Guide government actions on Southern Resident killer whales recovery: Take the federal survey before February 12, 2024
Raincoast, along with our colleagues at the David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance, WWF-Canada, and the Natural Resources Defense Council,…
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“I say potato, you say potahto”: Geographic variation in contact calls of Canadian beluga whales
Many species of birds and mammals exhibit intraspecific acoustic geographic variation in their vocalizations. This occurs when populations are separated…
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The lives and language of whales
As scientists, the questions we ask are designed to improve our efforts to ensure good living conditions for these mammals…
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Meet Dr. Adam Warner, Raincoast’s new Conservation Genetics Scientist
Adam has joined our Cetacean Conservation Program to head up Raincoast’s new Conservation Genetics Lab. The lab is equipped with…
