Heartbreaking news, when every calf matters for this endangered population! #SRKW #Endangered www.raincoast.org/2025/09/j36-...

We’re back with a brand new season of Raincoast Radio! What makes salmon more than a fish? 💦 Let’s dive in. Listen to the brand new trailer now: www.raincoast.org/2025/09/rain...

Eavesdropping on Northern Residents 🔊
On Aug 31 we filmed A72 with her offspring A108 & A131 and sibling A123. Watch the bubble streams revealing the caller! 🎬 From our @raincoast.org pilot on KW communication with @earthspecies.bsky.social ⚠️ Drone footage collected legally under SARA permit.

"I think we really need to hear the rest of life to be healthy" reflects Amy Martin, creator of the podcast "Threshold". In this episode, she invites a few of us to discuss impacts of both underwater noise, and noise in cities. Close your eyes..and listen! www.thresholdpodcast.org/hark-episode...

The current situation for wolves in BC: #Wolves are highly sentient and socially complex carnivores. Yet the social stability of wolf packs and wellbeing of individual animals are not considered in provincial regulations. #InternationalWolfDay www.raincoast.org/2024/10/the-...

⚠️You can help build a culture of marine-mammal safe boating on the BC coast - right now - thanks to this FREE course🐋 Learn more: www.raincoast.org/2025/08/whal...

Counting beluga surface behaviours on the Churchill River to understand the impacts of noise! Does underwater noise affect how often belugas show their tails when diving, a behaviour that may be linked to feeding? Excited to find out! @raincoast.org @uwindsor.bsky.social Photo: Marie-Ana Mikus

The Raincoast Ocean Science Awards celebrate outstanding achievements by individuals and groups striving to protect marine habitats through science, Indigenous Knowledge systems, and public engagement. Nominations are open until August 15th! www.raincoast.org/ocean-awards/

Raincoast's Kristen Walters, Biologist and Director of Salmon Habitat, Climate, and Policy, spoke with Stephen Quinn this morning regarding the concern of low water levels and warm temperatures for sockeye salmon returning to Fraser River: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Out on the @explore.org @polarbearsinternational.org beluga boat with Captain Tera yesterday! Really challenging conditions but crystal-clear waters allowed for some amazing observations. Thanks to Frontiers North Adventures, @raincoast.org and Oceans North! #BelugaResearch #adayinthefield

So excited to see this project started! Can’t wait to hear what @jaclynaubin.bsky.social and Marie-Ana @raincoast.org will find out this first season!

Turning the tide for southern resident killer whales #yvr #yyj #SalishSea vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

"Urgent and bold action" is needed to save the endangered southern resident killer whales from extinction “before it’s too late,” says a new report from a group of scientists. www.vicnews.com/local-news/s...

NEW REPORT: What will it take for Southern Resident killer whales to actually have a shot at recovery? 31 leading scientists created a roadmap to get there: raincoast.org/reports/reco...

Southern Resident killer whales are perilously closed to extinction, with only 73 individuals left. Earlier this year, 31 scientists, across disciplines and borders, met in Vancouver to ask a hard question: What will it take to save this population? Find out more: www.raincoast.org/reports/reco...

So excited about our new collaborative study with @earthspecies.bsky.social and our team at @raincoast.org ! Make sure to watch the video embedded in this story. #orcas #bioacoustics

“As Canada takes action to fast-track sustainable development, there is a parallel need to fast-track actions to not sell off the health of our lands, waters, and futures to extractive industries.”@vancouversun.bsky.social vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Is it time the critical habitat of #endangered killer whales be expanded to include their prey base - Chinook #salmon rivers? Protecting these rivers is directly linked to the recovery of Southern Resident killer whales. #OrcaActionMonth www.raincoast.org/2023/08/crit...

Wild salmon are in crisis. On June 1, join thousands of people calling for bold action to restore wild salmon: ✅ Raise the flag on your social media ✅ Spread the word in your community ✅ Sign the declaration #WildSalmonDay #RaiseTheFlag wildsalmonday.com

Welcome to @raincoast.org, Nicole!

Will Cutting Red Tape Make BC Great Again? The province is facing opposition to legislation that would streamline approval for infrastructure projects. #yyj #ConservationScience thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

New paper on the contributions of different marine sectors to underwater noise pollution within endangered Southern Resident killer whale habitat, highlighting potential impacts of vessel activity on acoustic habitat quality #SRKW www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Not to be missed!

“It is estimated that 2.9 million whales were killed by the whaling industry in the 20th Century alone. Scientists have said it is the largest cull of any animal in history when measured in terms of total biomass…Sir David's key message…is that all is not lost.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Is it time the critical habitat of endangered killer whales be expanded to include their prey base - Chinook rivers? We have mapped the #watersheds that feed into critical habitat for Southern Resident killer whales. #orcas www.raincoast.org/2023/08/crit...

I’ll never forget this memorable encounter! #NRKW #dolphins #orcaresearch #adayontheresearchsailboat

Coming up in a couple of hours! Looking forward to participate!

It's not just Columbia, it's not just DEI, and it's not just biomedical research: Trump's war on universities has frozen crucial science at institutions like Princeton, Cornell, Northwestern, and more. Our @nature.com team spoke to some of the affected scientists: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"To our knowledge, this is the first evidence that female solidarity can invert the male-biased power structure that is typical of many mammal societies” Martin Surbeck, study's first author. phys.org/news/2025-04...

The Shared Waters of the Salish Sea #film trilogy examines two iconic species that share the same threat of extinction – Southern Resident killer whales, and Chinook salmon, the food source they depend on. #EarthDay2025 #orcas www.raincoast.org/2025/04/new-...

Having worked more than 15 years to conserve the salmon-bearing watersheds of the BC coast, Misty MacDuffee, our wild salmon program Director, voices how the problem faced by killer whales and Chinook is exacerbated by issues afflicting the Fraser River. #orcas www.raincoast.org/2025/04/new-...

The @raincoast.org Pender Whale Sanctuary listening stations is strategically located within an Interim Sanctuary Zone for #endangered Southern Resident killer whales. @marine-valeria.bsky.social #orcas #SRKW www.raincoast.org/2024/11/hydr...

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —*Arrested* at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Congratulations @jaclynaubin.bsky.social !!! Exceptional job defending a wonderful thesis. We now know a little more about this “enigmatic odontocete” as a result of your work. I am a proud co-supervisor!

On April 12, J- and K-Pods spend part of the morning within range of the streaming hydrophone in Swanson Channel off North Pender Island, BC, which is hosted by @raincoast.org Here's a clip of what they sounded like! #orca #killerwhale #whalesky #salishsea

We have some incredibly exciting news to share! J Pod has a new calf! Designated J63, we observed this little one traveling with J40. This will be her first known calf! While we have no immediate health concerns at the moment, we’ll continue to update when we can.

“Why does thinking about these creatures, who have no idea that I exist, bring me such comfort? Because they are free, because they are beautiful, and because of their utter indifference to me.” Georgina Woods

A recent study led by Raincoast scientists Valeria Vergara @marine-valeria.bsky.social and Marie-Ana Mikus, co-authored with scientists from DFO, the University of Quebec in Outaouais, and GREMM, examined how noise influences #beluga vocal behaviour. www.raincoast.org/2025/03/too-...

I can’t wait to read @drkatemarvel.bsky.social’s new book!

Great work by @asociaciontursiops.bsky.social to get an MPA proposal like this into the Spanish national debate... 🐋🦑 elpais.com/clima-y-medi...

“Lee Zeldin, the EPA’s administrator, called the extraordinary series of rollbacks the ‘greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen’ and declared it a ‘dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion’. I am losing all hope. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Episode 7: A special tribute to wolves and women with Paul Paquet. In our seventh 'Of Wolves and Women' episode, Dr. Paul Paquet reflects on the profound impact the women featured in this series have had on both his life and his understanding of #wolves. www.raincoast.org/2025/03/epis...

Congratulations @jaclynaubin.bsky.social for this exciting accomplishment! Top Cited Article” in Marine Mammal Science!

I applaud the Society for Marine Mammalogy @marinemammalogy.bsky.social for their commitment to DEI. “Our field is strengthened by the diversity of individuals who contribute to it—across all ages, career stages, nationalities, cultures, genders, identities, and abilities.”

Congratulations @markjcarney.bsky.social. Looking forward to your leadership on climate & making sure Canadians are safe and protecting what we love. #cndpoli

Canada needs to become aggressively more self-reliant. Let’s ensure BC Ferries does NOT use, “Apartheid Clyde’s” Starlink. Sign the petition (image), or - and probably far more effective: use BC Ferries online feedback form to register your dissent. feedback.bcferries.com/collection/c...

This is a tremendously disappointing decision. The new measures proposed in lieu of an emergency order continue to be half measures that are simply inadequate to revert the extinction trajectory of this endangered population. #endangeredSRKW

Alarming that the US government has blocked the CDC from publishing research with the WHO.

The Trump administration has launched an FBI investigation into a $20 billion grant program for clean energy projects established under the Biden administration. These funds, managed by the EPA, were intended to support climate initiatives, particularly in low-income communities.