A new single-day record has been set as a whopping 72 Bigg’s killer whales were spotted Thursday in the Salish …
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Salish Sea
2021 brought record sightings, many newborn whale calves to Victoria waters
The last year has been a hopeful one for whales travelling through the waters off Greater Victoria, with 2021 bringing a …
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Record number humpback calves spotted off B.C.’s south coast in 2021
A record-breaking 21 calves were born to Salish Sea humpback whales this season. That’s almost twice the …
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VIDEO: A peek under the Salish Sea off the shores of Vancouver Island
At a certain tide level, Ogden Point breakwater walkers can see the bobbing heads of kelp with streamers stretched out …
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Nearly 30 Bigg’s orcas observed over long weekend in Salish Sea waters off Victoria
If you were out on a boat along the southern coast of Vancouver Island this past weekend, you may have noticed more …
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WSANEC leadership council announces orca monitoring program
The WSANEC leadership council is setting up a program to monitor southern resident killer whales. The multi-year …
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VIDEO: Dolphin sunset captured from Vancouver Island shore
A small pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins passed by close to shore in Campbell River June 16 as the setting sun warmed …
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Meet Walter: The rare white crab who’s one in a million … or 6 million!
More obvious than a diamond in the rough was the lone white Dungeness crab that fishers off the coast of Sooke, on …
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The peculiar life of Vancouver Island’s Pacific sand dollar
Sand dollar exoskeletons are often collected along the beaches of Vancouver Island, but one might not realize that prior …
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VIDEO: Henry, the giant Pacific octopus named for B.C. doctor, released back into the sea
Henry has left one bubble for a much larger one. Henry, the giant Pacific octopus named after provincial health …
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