18 July 2024 Imagine having the chance to see all four species of rorquals that frequent the St. Lawrence in the same day! For two whale aficionados, July 14 will long remain a…
20 June 2024 With the heatwave of the last few days, the cool, refreshing winds blowing over the river were certainly more than welcome. There’s nothing like time spent on the coast to…
28 March 2024 Large rorquals continuing to wow observers, a few belugas, harp seals resting on the ice and harbour seals... What more could one ask for after such an eventful week of…
25 January 2024 If it weren’t for the snow-covered shoreline and the sub-zero temperatures, Franquelin residents could almost be forgiven for thinking it’s the middle of summer, that’s how many whales there are…
30 November 2023 Dozens of Atlantic white-sided dolphins, a late humpback, a minke whale here, belugas there... There’s so much marine fauna in the St. Lawrence this November that it almost feels like…
25 October 2023 It's 5:45 a.m., and I'm already awake and excitedly waiting for news from the research team of the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM). This will be…
7 September 2023 A new species is visiting the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the first time this year: the sperm whale. In addition to answering the question of whether blue whales have…
15 June 2023 This week, large rorquals were present all around the gulf. A blue whale made an appearance near Sept-Îles, minke whales were swimming in Gaspé, while several humpbacks and a few…
26 January 2023 It’s a white January morning and the wintry wind is blowing across the river when a local resident sitting cosily in her house notices a spout in the distance. A few…
7 September 2021 The vocabulary used to talk about our whales can sometimes be confusing. Should we say “marine mammal,” “cetacean,” “whale,” or “rorqual”? One thing we can say for sure is that…
