Whale Tales Podcast

We are back to celebrate all things dolphin in this Dolphin Awareness Month Episode! Show Notes: –Indus and Ganges Ricer Dolphins are two separate species –Risso’s Dolphin –Hector’s Dolphin –Peale’s Dolphin –Fraser’s Dolphin –Commerson’s Dolphin –Heaviside’s Dolphin –Rough Toothed Dolphin –Patches! –Dolphin Stampede!

To celebrate World Whale Day and our everlasting love for whales (and dolphins and porpoises) we asked YOU for questions about cetaceans for our third mailbag episode! HUGE thank you to all who sent in questions! If yours was not answered, never fear, we have plans to do more mailbag episodes in the future so […]

Happy February Storytellers! We are back with a shorter ep (in preparation of our Second Annual Mailbag coming out later this month!) and it’s a bit musical and a bit explicit but still full of fun cetacean facts! Show Notes: –Grey Whale Mating Video –Grey Whale Sex Life –OceanWise, Seafood Watch –Epic Day with the […]

We are back for 2021! To celebrate the new year we discuss some new discoveries in cetacean research and some exciting updates from whale tales itself! Show Notes -New Blue Whale Species articles here and here -New Beaked Whale Species articles here and here –New Baleen Whale Species confirmation –Comparative Spine Anatomy –Vertebral osteology –My […]

We are joined this episode by a very exciting and special guest-Dr. Valeria Vergara, Beluga researcher extraordinaire! The contact call audio and the clip of a child calling in a busy playground are both copyright Dr. Valeria Vergara, Ocean Wise, and are shared here with her permission. Show Notes: –Drone footage of Beluga Whale contact […]

This month we are going BIG and talking all about Blue Whales! Show Notes –Cetacean Energetics –Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) research –Song Changes in South Pacific –App for Ships to help avoid strikes –Judith’s Whale Tales

We are back this month with a look at River Dolphins! A grouping that seems self explanatory (spoiler: it is not!) Show Notes: –River Dolphins  –False Killer Whale, Bottlenose Dolphin relationship study  –Kayaking with River Dolphins! 

We are back this month with a deep dive into the largest toothed whale species-the Sperm Whale! Show Notes -The Naming of Things: Sperm Whale, Blackfish -Sperm Whale Tales in BC: Skylar, Gary –Sperm Whale head  –Sperm Whales sleeping vertically –Request a Mail In Ballot for the BC Provincial Election –How to Vote in Every […]

We are joined by a very special guest this episode-Ashley Keegan, one of our first ever Storytellers! She talks about what it is like being on the water during the COVID-19 pandemic, shares some fun facts and of course some incredible whale tales! Show Notes: –Backyard Whale Watching –Ashley’s Stories -Whale Watching Regulations and Guidelines […]

We are back this month discussing Biomimicry -what is that? Better listen to find out! Show Notes: –Examples of Biomimicry –Sonar –Wind Turbines Using Tubercles for Efficiency  –BC Whales Catalogue  –Humpbacks of the North Coast –Alaska Humpbacks -SPLASH report, catalogue –Happywhale  –Hooray for Monterey 

We are celebrating Orca Awareness Month this episode (still! again! more!) with a look at the history of researching these animals and how we got to learn so much about them. Show Notes: –What You Can Do –Dr. Michael Bigg –Current Cetacean and Turtle Research in BC –Orca Drone Research –Data Tags with Cameras –Rubbing […]

Happy Orca Awareness Month! We’re celebrating with an extra podcast this month, featuring answers to orca related questions asked by YOU. Huge thank you to all who sent in questions! 🙂 Show Notes: –Marine Mammal Speciation –Mitochondrial DNA in Antarctic Killer Whales –Mitochondrial DNA in Killer Whales –Killer Whale Ecotypes  –Killer Whales Hunt a Tiger […]

We are back with an episode full of deep dives into Cetacean (namely Baleen Whales) feeding tactics! Lots of links this ep! Show Notes: –Feeding Strategies and Tactics –Grey Whale Suction Filter Feeding Video –How Baleen Whales Feed: The Biomechanics of Engulfment And Filtration –Blue Whale Lunge Feeding Video –Trap Feeding –Beaked Whale Stomachs –Looking […]

It’s the Whale Tales Podcast One Year Anniversary! We celebrate this episode and take a look back at how we came together as bffs and cetacean lovers 🙂 Be warned: we are all quarantined at home so we miss each other and there are feeeeeeeeelings ❤ Show Notes: –Ben’s Story -Follow Ben on Instagram   

Happy Dolphin Awareness Month Everyone! There are just too many dolphin species to cover in one episode so instead we launched the first ever Dolphin Olympics! Show Notes –What You Can Do –So Many Dolphin Species –Help Maui’s Dolphins –An Absolutely Stunning Dolphin Encounter!

Things get a little racy this episode as we take a deep dive into the sexual behaviour of cetaceans! Show Notes: –What You Can Do –How to Tell Female and Male Cetaceans apart -Dara Orbach papers: Dolphin Clitoris , Everything You Wanted to Know About Cetacean Sex, Vagina Shape in Cetaceans –Getting to Know Whale Vaginas […]

Happy World Whale Day! To celebrate our everlasting love for whales (and dolphins and porpoises) we asked YOU for questions about cetaceans for our first ever mailbag episode! HUGE thank you to all who sent in questions! If yours was not answered, never fear, we have plans to do more mailbag episodes in the future […]

Episode 10 is here! Join us as we take a deep dive into some of the odder looking members of the whale family-Narwhals! Show Notes: –What You Can Do –Underdone Comics –Narwhal “Tusk” Mystery –Drone footage of Narwhals –London Attack, Narwhal “Tusk” –A Rare Baird’s Beaked Whale Sighting!  

Welcome to Episode Nine! This month we spread a little holiday cheer and talk about one of our favourite whale species-Beluga Whales Show Notes: –What You Can Do –Beluga Facts –Fun Facts about Belugas –Cool Beluga Facts –Amazing Encounter with Beluga Whales

This month we host our first ever guest – Derek Jang of the Porpoise Conversation Society! Show Notes: –What You Can Do –Porpoise Conversation Society –Vaquita Information  

Welcome to Episode 7! There may be only one day of October left but we are in full Spooktober mood this ep with discussion on whale falls and whale graveyards! Plus we say “spooooooooky” eleventy million times. Enjoy! Show Notes –What You Can Do –Nautilis Whale Fall Discovery –BBC Whale Fall –How Whale Falls Work […]

Welcome to episode 6! This week we celebrate the changing seasons and discuss cetacean migrations. Plus we feature another guest, Selena, who shares her encounters with T019B “Galiano” Show Notes: –What You Can Do –Butterfly migration video –Grey Whale Migration shifts a week –Analyzing ancient whale migration –Animal Migration –The Greatest Migration of a Humpback […]

Join us this episode for a report of the summer here in BC featuring stories about everyone’s favourite little grey whale – T46B1B “Tl’uk”! Show Notes (there are lots this week!): –What You Can Do –Animals in Distress –Ashley Keegan’s Whale Tales –DFO Marine Megafauna Survey –Grey Whales Unusual Mortality Event –Southern Resident Killer Whales […]

Welcome to episode four – our deep dive into Humpback Whales! Show Notes: –What You Can Do –Nature Finds a Way Star Trek IV: A Voyage Home –Plastic Free July Blogs – tips, tricks and suggestions to reduce your plastic use –How Humpback Whales Sing –Western and Eastern Australian Humpbacks sharing songs, more here –Humpback […]

We are back with this killer of an episode to celebrate Orca Awareness Month! Show Notes: –What You Can Do –Orca Awareness Month –Plastic Free July –Plastic Free July Blog Posts –Killer Whale Ecotypes –Killer Whale Ecotypes Poster –Killer Whales in Patagonia –The A30s in Johnstone Strait