Whale Tales Podcast

We are joined with the amazing Caitlin Birdsall to talk about the magic of community/citizen science especially when it comes to cetaceans! -Do our Seventh Anniversary Survey –Marine Education and Research Society –Whale Report app -BC Cetaceans Sighting Network –Cetaceans Sightings Networks across the world –Northern Resident’s at a Rubbing Beach

We are joined by special guest Ashley Keegan this month to hear all about the whale watching season in the Salish Sea this year! Show Notes: –Whale Watching Guidelines –Sustainable Halloween Candy –Halloween Waste Recycling in BC

We are back with a porpoise this month

We dive way back in time this episode to explore Cetacean Evolution! Show Notes –From Land to Water: the Origin of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises | Evolution: Education and Outreach | Full Text (biomedcentral.com) –The Evolutionary History of Whales – Cetacean Evolution Part 1 – YouTube –The Walking Whales (from Land to Water in Eight […]

We are back and talking all things Fin Whales this month! Show Notes -Fin Whales in the St. Lawrence https://www.rorqual.com/downloads/fin-whale-survival-pdf.pdf -Australian destroyer with two dead Fin Whales on its’ bow https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/australia/australia-destroyer-whales-san-diego-intl-hnk-scli-ml/index.html -Fin Whale songs used for Seismic surveys https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6530/731.abstract -The Fin Whale Project https://www.edmaktub.org/en/fin-whale-project/ –An Amazing Fin Whale Encounter

We are back, once again celebrating Orca Awareness Month with a very special guest, Krisztina Balotay, who is here to tell us all about Norwegian Killer Whales! Show Notes: -Krisztina’s Whale Tales –Norwegian Orca Survey –Orca Channel

Happy Orca Awareness Month! We are back with another Orca filled episode, answering questions asked by YOU! Show Notes: -Biggs Killer Whale ID Catalogue –Northern Resident Killer Whale ID Catalogue –DNA Research between Biggs and Residents –Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennards Dissertation –Killer Whale Teeth -Marine Mammal Response Groups USA –Marine Mammal Response Groups Canada –Marine Mammal […]

We are back and talking all about Beaked Whales! Show Notes –Beaked Whales –The Cut ranks 38 whale species –Blainsville Beaked Whales –A Marine Life Bonanza!

We are joined by another amazing guest this episode-Ted Cheeseman, the CEO and Co-Founder of Happywhale! Show Notes –Happywhale, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

We are back to celebrate all things dolphin in this Dolphin Awareness Month Episode! Show Notes: –Indus and Ganges Ricer Dolphins are two separate species –Risso’s Dolphin –Hector’s Dolphin –Peale’s Dolphin –Fraser’s Dolphin –Commerson’s Dolphin –Heaviside’s Dolphin –Rough Toothed Dolphin –Patches! –Dolphin Stampede!

To celebrate World Whale Day and our everlasting love for whales (and dolphins and porpoises) we asked YOU for questions about cetaceans for our third mailbag episode! HUGE thank you to all who sent in questions! If yours was not answered, never fear, we have plans to do more mailbag episodes in the future so […]

Happy February Storytellers! We are back with a shorter ep (in preparation of our Second Annual Mailbag coming out later this month!) and it’s a bit musical and a bit explicit but still full of fun cetacean facts! Show Notes: –Grey Whale Mating Video –Grey Whale Sex Life –OceanWise, Seafood Watch –Epic Day with the […]

We are back for 2021! To celebrate the new year we discuss some new discoveries in cetacean research and some exciting updates from whale tales itself! Show Notes -New Blue Whale Species articles here and here -New Beaked Whale Species articles here and here –New Baleen Whale Species confirmation –Comparative Spine Anatomy –Vertebral osteology –My […]

We are joined this episode by a very exciting and special guest-Dr. Valeria Vergara, Beluga researcher extraordinaire! The contact call audio and the clip of a child calling in a busy playground are both copyright Dr. Valeria Vergara, Ocean Wise, and are shared here with her permission. Show Notes: –Drone footage of Beluga Whale contact […]

This month we are going BIG and talking all about Blue Whales! Show Notes –Cetacean Energetics –Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) research –Song Changes in South Pacific –App for Ships to help avoid strikes –Judith’s Whale Tales

We are back this month with a look at River Dolphins! A grouping that seems self explanatory (spoiler: it is not!) Show Notes: –River Dolphins  –False Killer Whale, Bottlenose Dolphin relationship study  –Kayaking with River Dolphins! 

We are back this month with a deep dive into the largest toothed whale species-the Sperm Whale! Show Notes -The Naming of Things: Sperm Whale, Blackfish -Sperm Whale Tales in BC: Skylar, Gary –Sperm Whale head  –Sperm Whales sleeping vertically –Request a Mail In Ballot for the BC Provincial Election –How to Vote in Every […]

We are joined by a very special guest this episode-Ashley Keegan, one of our first ever Storytellers! She talks about what it is like being on the water during the COVID-19 pandemic, shares some fun facts and of course some incredible whale tales! Show Notes: –Backyard Whale Watching –Ashley’s Stories -Whale Watching Regulations and Guidelines […]

We are back this month discussing Biomimicry -what is that? Better listen to find out! Show Notes: –Examples of Biomimicry –Sonar –Wind Turbines Using Tubercles for Efficiency  –BC Whales Catalogue  –Humpbacks of the North Coast –Alaska Humpbacks -SPLASH report, catalogue –Happywhale  –Hooray for Monterey 

We are celebrating Orca Awareness Month this episode (still! again! more!) with a look at the history of researching these animals and how we got to learn so much about them. Show Notes: –What You Can Do –Dr. Michael Bigg –Current Cetacean and Turtle Research in BC –Orca Drone Research –Data Tags with Cameras –Rubbing […]