Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs

Deep Dive into the Whale Anatomy

Published on March 24, 2022 By Kayla Rowe

Whales have inhabited the seas for approximately 34 million years, however they originated from four-legged terrestrial mammals, which foraged in streams. Western Australia is one of the best locations in the world to see the impressive outcomes of whale anatomy in person.

The Five Senses of the Blue whale

Published on March 15, 2022 By Kayla Rowe

Blue whales are a mysterious species with so much research left to be conducted, due to their elusive nature and the challenges that come with studying them in their ocean environment. Naturaliste Charters conduct Western Australian whale watching tours daily from January through to April at the Bremer Bay Canyon, which is currently the only documented location that killer whales have been recorde

How do whales sleep?

Published on January 18, 2022 By Alison Cross

For mammalian creatures that spend all of their lives at sea, they already face a multitude of challenges. None greater than the topic of sleeping. For whales and dolphins who share many similarities to us, such as giving birth to live young and breathing air, they must also get a certain amount of rest. However, the simple act of sleeping isn’t so straightforward for these cetaceans. They can

Bremer Bay Orca Tour

Published on January 9, 2022 By Naturaliste Charters

Our vessel the Alison-Maree, is purpose built for the southern ocean where the swell can reach up to twelve metres during storms!! Today we experienced a two and a half metre swell. By midday the whole ocean had taken a deep breath and calmed with the swell dropping significantly. The sun was beaming down on us, allowing us to see the orca clearly.

Orcas don’t belong in Captivity

Published on December 7, 2021 By Alison Cross

Captive animals can shed light on biology and physiology that cannot be observed in wild populations. For example psychology, cognition and immunology. Captive studies have also heavily contributed to acoustics and physiology. However advances in technology have allowed scientists to conduct low impact sampling of wild populations and gather the same amount of data as the highly invasive technique