A monthly podcast bringing you stories, news, fun facts, and more about whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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We are back this month with a super exciting episode featuring the incredible humpback researcher Stephanie Stack! She joins us to talk about research on Humpback Whales as well as her now very famous article “An observation of sexual behavior between two male Humpback Whales.” Full note in Marine Mammal Science: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi…
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We are joined by returning guest Ashley Keegan this month to hear all about the whale watching season in the Salish Sea in 2024! (plus special guests Judith Scott and WhaleWise pop in to tell us an amazing story from earlier this fall) Show Notes” -Read Ashley’s Whale Tales -An Encounter with an Entangled Humpback: […]…
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Surprise! We are popping into your feeds today with an extra special episode to celebrate World River Dolphin Day (today!) We were joined by friend of the pod, Emily Cunningham who is now the River Dolphin Conservation Lead at WWF and is here to talk all things river dolphins, especially the threats that they face […]…
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Just a bunch of whale nerds this month on the Whale Tales Podcast – we are joined by Kate Hruby and Kevin Campion from Save the North Pacific Right Whales to talk all things North Pacific Right Whales and learn more (as much as we can?) about these rare, sneaky whales. Show Notes: -Save the […]由Whale Tales
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Break out your Britney because we did it again! It’s another Oops All Stories episode featuring incredible stories from all over the world (and THREE new species for the library!) from some amazing Storytellers! Thanks to Vanessa: https://www.instagram.com/vaneprigo/ Selby: https://www.instagram.com/selbywilko/ Sigrún: https://www.instagram.com/she…
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The Whale Tales Podcast is back this month with two incredible guests! We welcomed researchers Caroline Weir and Morgan Martin to the pod to talk about their paper “Peale’s dolphins (Lagenorhynchus australis) are acoustic mergers between dolphins and porpoises” (as featured in this month’s Patreon Journal Club!) as well as all things Peale’s Dolphi…
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Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast with four special episodes each highlighting a specific Orca (or OrcaS) from around the world with a truly terrific tale. Today we are wrapping things up with the currently very famous Gladis-or should we say Gladises? Show Notes: – Killer whales […]…
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Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast with four special episodes each highlighting a specific Orca (or OrcaS) from around the world with a truly terrific tale. This week we are talking the notorious Port and Starboard! Show Notes: –Confirmation of the occurrence of a second killer […]…
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Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast with four special episodes each highlighting a specific Orca (or OrcaS) from around the world with a truly terrific tale. Today we have a short and sweet episode about Old Thom (not to be confused with last week’s episode about […]…
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Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast with four special episodes each highlighting a specific Orca (or OrcaS) from around the world with a truly terrific tale. First off we have Old Tom and his pod “The Killers of Eden.” Show Notes: -Eden Killer Whale Museum…
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The Whale Tales Podcast is back with another amazing guest Joëlle De Weerdt from Association ELI-S who is here to tell us all about humpbacks in Nicaragua and the research she is doing on them for her PhD. If you want to hear us loose our minds about humpbacks (again, probably not for the last […]由Whale Tales
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Super exciting episode this month with an incredible guest Erin Gless, executive director of Pacific Whale Watch Association! We dive deep (fun puns!) into the history and mission of the PWWA and the work it does in the Salish Sea plus TWO Fun Flipper Facts!???? Show Notes: Pacific Whale Watch Association: https://www.pacificwhalewatchassociation.c…
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Dolphin filled episode this month – we’ve got dolphins facts and more dolphins facts and a dolphin story and dolphin themed call to action. It’s the only way we know how to celebrate Dolphin Awareness Month! Show Notes: –Lauryn Fly Instagram –Behavioural laterality in foraging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) by Kaplan et al. –The Life […]…
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We are back with another mailbag episode answering questions that were asked by you! Show Notes: -Perucetus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perucetus -Podcast episodes with notes on become marine biologists and/or featuring marine biologists: https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-032-community-science/ https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-015-k…
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Happy 2024! We are kicking the year off with a journal club (that you may have already heard if you are a patron of ours) on the paper “Harassment and killing of porpoises (“phocoenacide”) by fish-eating Southern Resident killer Whales (Orcinus orca)” by Giles et al, plus a handful of clips from our friends! Content […]…
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Welcome back to the Whale Tales Podcast! Today we are joined by Olivia Brodhurst and Crystal Lacey to talk all about the Whitsundays and the East Australian Humpbacks you can find there! Show Notes: Whales of the Whitsundays: https://www.tourismwhitsundays.com.au/blog/whales-in-the-whitsundays/ Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: https://www2…
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For this months episode of the Whale Tales Podcast we talked to Emily Cunningham, marine biologist and conservationist about her research, Humpback community science in the UK and so many other things – it was amazing and we are so excited to share it with you! Show Notes: -Emily’s Website: https://emilycunningham.co.uk/ -Motion for the Ocean: […]…
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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: –Ashley’s Stories由Whale Tales
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Journal Club is back! And so are these little guys – who are everywhere apparently – we are talking about Harbor Porpoise Aggregations in the Salish Sea by Dave Anderson et al. Show Notes –Full paper –Back on the Water with Grey Whales. –Diving behaviour in Harbour Porpoises –Tea Bag Ghosts (video)由Whale Tales
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Welcome back to another episode of the Whale Tales Podcast! Following up on our Cetacean teeth episode we are taking a look at the other set of cetaceans – The Baleen Whales! Show Notes: -The Naming of Things: The Disorder of the Order of Whale Names: https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-the-order-of-whale-names/ –A Summer in Húsavík, the E…
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Surprise! We are popping into your feeds today to help celebrate the second ever #WorldKrillDay with a special episode all about those lil guys who have a big impact – krill! Specifically today, Antarctic krill. ???? Join us and our incredible guests as we learn all about krill and the super important role they play […]…
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Welcome back to another episode of the Whale Tales Podcast! This month we are talking all things Odontocetes -or rather the chompers that gave these Toothed Whales their name! ???? Show Notes: -The Naming of Things: The Disorder of the Order of Whale Names: https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-the-order-of-whale-names/ -The Naming of Things…
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Just in case our Orca Action Month mini eps weren’t special enough for you we have an extra special super fun episode today (maybe our fav of all time?) – that’s right it’s Oops All Stories! ???????? The Stories: -An Evening Encounter with Type B Gerlache Orcas in Antarctica: https://whale-tales.org/an-evening-encounter-with-type-b-gerlache-orcas-i…
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We are back, celebrating Orca Action Month with a short episode this week discussing the Galapagos Orca community.由Whale Tales
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It’s Orca Action Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month with a mini episode each week looking at specific orca ecotypes or communities – this week we are discussing Norwegian and Icelandic Orcas! Show Notes: -Norwegian Orca Catalogue: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_Norwegian_Orca_ID-Catalogue_2016_Version_2_/4205226/4 -Icelan…
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Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast by discussing different ecotypes each week and we are kicking things off with the West Coast Community in Scotland Show Notes: -The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust: https://hwdt.org/ -“Dopey Dick”: https://hwdt.org/news/2016/4/1/famous-killer-whale-from-1977-dop…
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Journal club is back! We are talking about the new paper “Type D” killer whale genomes reveal long-term small population size and low genetic diversity from Dr. Andrew Foote et al. Show Notes: Read the full paper! https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/114/2/94/7086686 More about Dr. Foote https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7384-1634…
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We are back with Episode 50 of the Whale Tales Podcast! And to celebrate we are talking all things cetacean vocalizations. Show Notes: -Singing Humpbacks: https://whale-tales.org/singing-humpbacks-2-22/ -Specialized Sounds in Cetacean Communications: https://dosits.org/animals/advanced-topics-animals/specialized-sounds-in-cetacean-communication/…
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It’s Dolphin Awareness Month???????????? We are celebrating with a Dolphin Fun Flipper Fact off! Show Notes: -Dynamics of the Aerial Maneuvers of Spinner: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/209/4/590/16484/Dynamics-of-the-aerial-maneuvers-of-spinner -Behavior of dusky dolphins foraging on the deep‐scattering layer in Kaikoura Canyon, New Z…
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We’ve got another mailbag episode answering questions that were asked by you! Show Notes: -Dorsal Fins: https://baleinesendirect.org/en/dorsal-fins-from-killer-whales-to-narwhals/ -Environmental Impacts of Covid-19: https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-long-term-environmental-implications-of-covid-19-4b7a9937/ -Episode 028 – Fin Wh…
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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 S…
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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由Whale Tales
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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.goo…
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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 […]…
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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由Whale Tales
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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 -…
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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: …
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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 […]…
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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由Whale Tales
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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 […]…
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Welcome to Orca Awareness Month 2022! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. First up: Offshore Killer Whales! Show Notes: Whale Tales Merch由Whale Tales
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We are back and are (finally!) talking about Dwarf and Pygmy Sperm Whales! Show Notes: –Cascadia Research in Hawaii –The First Time I Saw a Sperm Whale由Whale Tales
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We are back and are answering kids cetacean questions! Show Notes: –The Naming of Things: Whale –8 year old discovered whale poop由Whale Tales
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We are celebrating Dolphin Awareness Month with our first ever journal club discussing the paper Decades-long social memory in bottlenose dolphin” by Jason N. Bruck Show Notes: –The full paper –Jason’s website –Individualized Whistle Contours in Bottlenose Dolphins –My First Trip with Wild Dolphins由Whale Tales
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We are celebrating the Olympics this month with our first ever Whale Olympics! –Dolphin Olympics, Episode 12 -Deepest Diving Mammals –Humpbacks Bubble Net Feeding –Arctic Whales in Greenland –Vote for Miss Congeniality!由Whale Tales
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We are back! We are starting off the new year with a mailbag episode-filled with questions submitted by you! Show Notes –Follow the new Whale Tales Instagram account –A Banner Year for the Salish Sea -Signature Whistles in Cetaceans –James Bartley –Photographer in the mouth of a Bryde’s Whales –Killer Whale Interactions with other Marine […]…
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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…
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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由Whale Tales
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We are back with a porpoise this month???? You guessed it-we are talking all about those tiny cetaceans-porpoises! Show Notes –Why it might not be too late for the Vaquita –Porpoises are most closely related to Belugas and Narwhals than Dolphins –An Incredible Encounter with Dolphins and Porpoises –Porpoise Conservation Society –Ocean Wise Seafood…
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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 […]…
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