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🐋 Whales need our help, yet post-mortem tools have lagged behind.

But with support from the Wild Animal Health Fund, researchers are using eye fluid to uncover 130+ proteins linked to stress, disease & trauma.

➡️ wildanimalhealthfund.org/donate
#WhaleResearch #ScienceForWildlife #WildAnimalHealth
July 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our 13th encounter of the year is up! We were able to photograph and document all 26 members of J Pod including newest member J62.

#whaleresearch #centerforwhaleresearch #srkws
March 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Our recent study in the #MarineEcologyProgressSeries
highlights how body size, condition, and human impacts shape the survival of right whales & why they are so vulnerable to prey limitation and disturbance 🐋

🔗 in thread

#Conservation #WhaleResearch #RightWhales #OceanHealth #MarineScience 🌐🌏🧪🌱
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Whale Pee Transports Nutrients Across Thousands of Miles, Study Reveals #Science #Biology #Ecology #WhaleResearch #NutrientTransport #EcosystemHealth
Whale Pee Transports Nutrients Across Thousands of Miles, Study Reveals
All the science news you can handle in a single feed
purescience.news
March 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Marine mammal research is a rich person’s pay-to-play conservation wet dream, love that my own field of study routinely prices me out of participating!! 10 week minimum for NO PAY??? Insane!!!
#marinemammalresearch #whaleresearch #latinxinSTEM #queerinSTEM #lowincome #marinescience #marinebiology
February 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Our research director @drwhale.bsky.social is currently presenting at @orcanetwork.bsky.social Way of Whales about the current research and updates on the Southern Resident killer whale population.
#endangeredspecies #whaleresearch
January 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Humpback whales were seen making bubble rings near people, outside of feeding or mating. The behavior seems playful or curious, and may be a way of interacting with humans.
#HumpbackWhales
#MarineScience
#AnimalBehavior
#WhaleResearch
#biology

Paper
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Scientists stunned to observe that humpback whales might be trying to talk to us
These whales used bubble rings to seemingly send messages to humans.
www.zmescience.com
June 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Oregon On The Record went to sea with OSU researchers and students to learn more about whale entanglements with fishing gear.

#klcc #oregonstateuniversity #whales #whaleresearch
"Thar she blows!" OSU Researchers study whale/fishing gear incursions
On this edition, we go to sea on the OSU research ship Pacific Storm with scientists studying how whales are being harmed by fishing equipment. We speak with researchers, Dawn Barlow and Lindsay Wickm...
www.klcc.org
September 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Our first encounter with the newest calf in the SRKW population J63 is up! We also documented all members of both J pod and K pod, as well as the other young calf J62!

#killerwhale #srkwpopulation #whaleresearch #centerforwhaleresearch
April 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This was so good!
Recording of today's Sperm Whale presentation by our own Dr. Felicia Vachon - now available for you. youtu.be/TB5NsO4W4sE.

Yes, there are Sperm Whales off the coast of BC.

#OceanDay #OceanDay2025 #Whale #SpermWhales #WhaleResearch #ForTheWhales #MarineBiology #MarineEducation
June 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Did you know that we have an email list? It’s the best way to stay up-to-date with our most recent whale encounter reports and the latest information about our research, education and conservation work! Sign up at the link below!

#whaleresearch #salishsea #srkww #southernresidents #killerwhale
February 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We had an early morning encounter with J Pod as they traveled North up Haro Strait on March 6, 2025. The whales were spread but we managed to locate everyone.

#whaleresearch #centerforwhaleresearch #srkw #killerwhale #endangeredspecies
March 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our 8th encounter of the year was with J pod along the west side of San Juan Island as they traveled all together in a single group on Feb 17, 2025. We were able to make several drone flights for behavioral data observations.

#centerforwhaleresearch #whaleresearch #killerwhales #salishsea
February 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Check out these amazing photos of J35 and her son J47 from our latest encounter with J Pod as they porpoised west into big waves on Feb 15, 2025! Encounter 7 is up on our interactive encounters map! Link below!

#centerforwhaleresearch #whaleresearch #killerwhales #southernresidentkillerwhales
February 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Encounters Map 2025
www.whaleresearch.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Did you know we have a research associate who is studying the little-known orcas off the coast of Brazil? This photo was taken last month!

You can read more about this population of killer whales in this study:
doi.org/10.3389/fmar...

#whaleresearch #marinemammals #braziliancoast #saopaulo
January 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM