13 January 2022 Is the narwhal still in the region? Is it still associating with belugas? How is it doing? Many of you have written in looking for news! Ever since it first…
22 April 2021 They love. They mourn. They play. They share. Whales live in complex societies, each with its own culture. This is the message conveyed by the mini-documentary series Secrets of the…
9 December 2020 Its bushy whiskers glisten in the afternoon sunlight. Its little head approaches a rock. For a minute or so, the seal struggles to climb atop the slippery boulder. “It seemed…
5 November 2020 Field notes written in collaboration with Laurence Tremblay A field season full of surprises is coming to an end for GREMM’s research team. Despite health measures that threw a serious…
17 June 2019 Curious and welcoming! For 25 years already, Dany Zbinden has been navigating the waters of the Estuary in search of whales! Prior to embarking on this adventure in 1993, the…
2 November 2018 A 23-foot orange Zodiac called Narval is used to approach minke whales. On board you will find the Mériscope crew, equipped with binoculars, cameras and a crossbow. Founded in 2001,…
12 October 2018 The cruise ship Narval III of the whale-watching company Croisières Baie de Gaspé docked for the last time on October 11, and it was not because of a lack of whales. “It…
19 July 2018 By Mathieu Marzelière and Albert Michaud A new season is getting underway aboard GREMM's Zodiac, the BpJAM. New season, new team! This year, the crew is composed of two research…
21 December 2017 The year 2017 is winding down. What were the major headlines from this year's News from Afield? [caption id="attachment_30002" align="alignright" width="250"] Pilot whales, 2017 © René Roy[/caption] We remember the…
29 May 2017 On September 26, 2018, scientists aboard the Narval spotted a pair of vaquitas: one of the individuals was much smaller in size and was swimming within one body length of…
