Get out your bulletin board and your string, this month we are talking about the very confusing Sei/Bryde’s/Omura’s/Eden’s/Rice’s Whales! Show Notes: -How the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s Whale became the Rice’s Whale: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/marine-mammal-protection/how-gulf-mexico-brydes-whale-became-rices-whale -A Surprise Season of Sei Whales! https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/

This month we are headed back up to the Arctic to talk about the longest living mammal, the Bowhead Whale! Show Notes: –The Bowhead Whale: Balaena Mysticetus: Biology and Human Interactions, Editors: J.C. George, J.G.M. Thewissen –The Naming of Things: Bowhead Whales –‘Twas the Night Before Dolphins

Very exciting nerdy episode this month! We are talking to Judith Scott about her lifetime of whale watching adventures and talking a deep dive into all things Icelandic Orcas! Show Notes: -Judith’s stories: https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/judith/ -Laki Tours: https://lakitours.com/ -We are all Whalers by Michael Moore: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57331837 -Icelandic Orca Project: https://www.icelandic-orcas.com/ -Orca Guardians: Orca ID: https://orcaguardians.org/orca-id-catalogues/ -Join […]

We are joined by returning guest Ashley Keegan this month to hear all about the whale watching season in the Salish Sea this year! Show Notes: –A Rare Visit from Risso’s Dolphins –Ashley’s Stories –SlomowaterAK on Instagram –Harbour Porpoises just Outside of English Bay –T065A5 “Indy’s” Adventures -Join us on Patreon for an extra Whale […]

We are joined this month by Storyteller and long time friend of Whale Tales, Marcie Callewaert to discuss her 10+ years in whale watching off the coast of BC! –Read all of Marcie’s Whale Tales –Southern Resident’s wearing salmon hats

Journal club is back! This month we are discussing the paper Extracting foraging behavior from passive acoustic monitoring data to better understand harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) foraging habitat use by Nicole R. E. Todd, Mark Jessopp, Emer Rogan, Ailbhe S. Kavanagh, published in June 2022 Show Notes: –the full paper –Nicole Todd on Twitter -A […]

We are back with an on the nose episode – it’s all about rostrums! Show Notes: -Evolutionary Steps for Blowholes on Whales and Dolphins: https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-evolutionary-steps-for-the-blowhole-on-whales-and-dolphins -Review of Cetacean Noses: https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.23034 -The Naming of Blackfish: https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-blackfish/ -Northern Bottlenose Whales in Nova Scotia: https://whale-tales.org/northern-bottlenose-whales-in-nova-scotia—july-2021/

It’s the last week of Orca Awareness Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. Last but certainly not least: the Southern Resident Killer Whales! Show Notes: –Be Whale Wise -See a Blow Go Slow –Southern Resident Whale Tales –2022 Measures […]

It’s Orca Awareness Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. Next up: Northern Resident Killer Whales! Show Notes: –Northern Resident Whale Tales

It’s Orca Awareness Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. Next up: Bigg’s Killer Whales! Show Notes: –Bigg’s Killer Whale Whale Tales –April Starts off with a Bang –Incredible Encounter with the T123’s and T124A’s –Epic Day with the T36A’s […]