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Illustrated catalogue with local artwork showcases the Transient Killer Whales of Central and Northern California and Oregon – the ‘wolves of the sea’

Illustrated catalogue with local artwork showcases the Transient Killer Whales of Central and Northern California and Oregon – the ‘wolves of the sea’

Science is not just for scientists. Citizen science has been instrumental in helping us understand more about the elusive, but majestic, transient killer whales.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, citizen science, Faculty, IOF students, Josh McInnes, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Pacific, Publications, Research, whales

Teenage orcas could be roughhousing with boats off the coast of Spain

Teenage orcas could be roughhousing with boats off the coast of Spain

Killer whales are in the news for sinking boats off the coast of Spain.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Europe, Faculty, IOF students, killer whales, Marine Mammal Research Unit, orca, whales

Grey Whales — the other Pacific Northwest resident whale

Grey Whales — the other Pacific Northwest resident whale

Grey whales face many threats ranging from entanglements and ship strikes, to loss of habitat and reduced prey availability. Researchers are collecting data this summer needed to quantify and mitigate these threats.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, whales

Decoding the secret lives of killer whales one micro-second at a time

Decoding the secret lives of killer whales one micro-second at a time

Using methods to detect when the animals are catching prey and to model their energy expenditure will be key to understanding the differences between these neighbouring whale populations.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Animal movement, Faculty, Marie Auger-Methe, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Research, SERG, statistical ecology, tagging, whales

No apparent shortage of prey for southern resident killer whales in Canadian waters during summer

No apparent shortage of prey for southern resident killer whales in Canadian waters during summer

Researchers reported that Chinook salmon in the Salish Sea in summertime are four to six times more abundant for southern resident killer whales than northern resident killer whales.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Mei Sato, Pacific, Research, salmon, whales

What do differences in animal behaviour reveal about the decline of Steller sea lions in Alaska?

What do differences in animal behaviour reveal about the decline of Steller sea lions in Alaska?

More than 50 years of studying Steller sea lion behaviour has yielded one of the most complete life history descriptions for any species of marine mammal.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Faculty, Marine Mammal Research Unit, pinnipeds, Research, sea lions

Guadalupe fur seals continue to recover as new colony discovered

Guadalupe fur seals continue to recover as new colony discovered

New colony of Guadalupe fur seals discovered on El Farallón de San Ignacio Island, Gulf of California

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Mexico, Pacific, seals

The Killers of California and Oregon

The Killers of California and Oregon

Thirteen years of photo-identification data of killer whales observed in California and Oregon provide new insights into the distribution and population structure of mammal-eating killer whales in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, Faculty, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Pacific, Research, USA, whale-watching, whales

Blue herons identified as a significant juvenile salmon predator

Blue herons identified as a significant juvenile salmon predator

Looking for predators that ate salmon, an Indigenous biologist suggested looking at heron. Discarded tags proved Pacific great blue herons could be scooping up as many as 3-6% of all juvenile salmon.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, birds, British Columbia, Faculty, herons, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Research, salmon, seabirds

Orca Quest 2020: In Search of Killer Whales

Orca Quest 2020: In Search of Killer Whales

In August 2020, Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) researchers set sail to determine whether there are enough chinook salmon to support southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Animal movement, British Columbia, Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Pacific, Research, Sarah Fortune, whales

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