Communication is a fundamental aspect of an animal’s life. To be able to communicate could be the difference between life and death. For whales and dolphins who spend almost 85% of their life underwater where it is fairly dark, they heavily rely on sound for...
Life explodes at the Bremer Bay Canyon. Deep ocean currents and complex seafloors converge in dynamic flow where the interplay of earth and ocean set the stage for biology at its best. Conditions created support a pulse of life, fueling the tiniest creatures up to the...
Orcinus orca It sounds commanding right? Orcinus orca, the killer whale. That is the scientific name of an Orca (which is also known as a Killer Whale) and it suits them perfectly. The black and white marine mammal commands attention whenever it is encountered and...
One of the most valuable and non-invasive tools to learn about whale and dolphin populations is to use photographic identification. All species are highly mobile, and may only be in an area for a short period of time. Others are found far from shore and some whales...
Blue whales Blue whales hold a place of mystery for us. They conjure images of ocean giants with speckled blue bodies diving into the depths, appearing to vanish before our eyes. Disastrously, they nearly did. Globally, we humans got to the point where we had to ask...
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