1 February 2024 Are sperm whales really as solitary as we think? The answer might surprise you. Indeed, you probably would have never suspected that these mythical sea creatures live in clans of…
23 November 2023 On November 6, flying above the gulf fifteen kilometres from the village of Baie-Johan-Beetz, a helicopter pilot notices a greyish mass lying in the shallow waters near the edge of…
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…
21 October 2021 Through his spotting scope, a birder posted at the Tadoussac dunes suspects he saw an unusual visitor on Sunday. The whale’s jagged black back suggests it might be a sperm…
9 September 2021 On September 5, 2021, i.e. the Sunday before Labour Day, the excitement was palpable in Tadoussac. With over 500 visitors coming to admire the whale skeletons on display, it was…
4 December 2019 November 27: In GREMM’s (Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals) offices in Tadoussac, staff members are busy working on their respective projects. Around 2:30 in the afternoon, the…
26 March 2019 The sperm whale is the largest of all toothed cetaceans, figures among those that dive the deepest and the longest, and possesses the largest brain in the animal kingdom. Even…
31 October 2018 We all have our favourite species, including our favourite whales. For our collaborator Renaud Pintiaux, “The sperm whale is a species that fascinates me most in the world.” On October…
30 October 2018 Gloomy weather, but the river is calm on this October 29th as I embark on the Grand Fleuve for a whale-watching excursion. Shortly after we leave, we start seeing a few minke…
23 August 2018 "It's been a dream season," says a captain/naturalist as he shares a video of a sperm whale he shot off Les Escouminson August 19 with GREMM researchers. A visit to the…