7 March 2024 There's been plenty of action in the St. Lawrence in these first few days of March! Several belugas were seen near Les Escoumins. A few harbour seals have also been…
19 February 2024 World Whale Day is the perfect opportunity to make some big announcements for belugas! Thanks to a new census method, it is now estimated that there are nearly twice as…
8 February 2024 Élizabeth, research assistant for the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM), has been photographing belugas since May 2022. She also helps with the analysis of whale data…
14 December 2023 Across the St. Lawrence, it was the tranquility of sightings that marked the past week. Many observers reported seeing nothing in particular, apart from the usual beauty of the river,…
23 November 2023 As November winds down, the snow gently reminds us that winter temperatures are right around the corner. With most of the region’s boats now out of the water for the…
9 November 2023 How do young belugas benefit from alloparental care? This is a question that Jaclyn Aubin and her colleagues tried to answer during a research project on the St. Lawrence beluga…
3 May 2023 In 1988, the International Forum for the Future of the Beluga was held. Just five years earlier, in 1983, the St. Lawrence beluga had been added to Canada’s endangered species…
30 March 2023 Over the past year, 12 beluga carcasses were discovered adrift or on the shores of the St. Lawrence by the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (QMMERN). By way of…
2 March 2023 In the thrilling journey of a young beluga in search of his grandfather, the animated film Katak the Brave Beluga, from Quebec production company 10th Ave Productions, explores a diverse…
1 February 2023 Although drones are useful tools for conducting marine mammal research, it is legitimate to wonder what impact they may have on the individuals being studied. For the St. Lawrence beluga,…