26 March 2019 The northern bottlenose whale, rare visitor to the St. Lawrence, possesses remarkable diving abilities, both in terms of time and depth. This allows it to benefit from living food resources…
10 September 2019 In 2014, in French Polynesia, a female bottlenose dolphin nicknamed “Thaïs” is observed with her first calf. Two months later, a newborn male melon-headed whale, also known as a melon-headed…
28 February 2019 The female dolphin known as “Dolphy” regularly plays with swimmers and boats in the French port of Collioure. It is even said that she completely loses interest in humans as…
15 February 2019 Noise pollution is a growing threat for whales, notably for the beluga population of the St. Lawrence, which is affected by the frequent passing of commercial vessels. Elsewhere in the…
20 September 2018 A beaked whale was discovered stranded in Rivière-au-Tonnerre on September 17. Initial photos of the carcass immediately intrigued the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network. Traits that suggested that this…
8 November 2017 An impressive scar forms zebra-like stripes on the right flank of one of the three fin whales seen off Tadoussac this week. The female Zipper is here. When she was…
26 October 2017 Day 3 of the 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Some of the faces amongst the thousands of participants are starting to become familiar. Topics that were…
19 October 2017 From October 22-27, the Whales Online team will be covering the 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals organized in Halifax by the Society for Marine Mammalogy. Conferences,…
18 October 2017 On October 13, in the heart of the Marine Park, a harbour porpoise surprises observers with its whitish colour recalling that of a beluga. A white porpoise was also photographed…
26 September 2017 By Stéphanie Tremblay Anyone can recognize a cat in heat, but what about a whale? With the human eye, this is highly unlikely. But how does her male counterpart know…
