Surprise! We are popping into your feeds today to help celebrate the second ever #WorldKrillDay with a special episode all about those lil guys who have a big impact – krill! Specifically today, Antarctic krill. 🦐 Join us and our incredible guests as we learn all about krill and the super important role they play […]

World Krill Day

Welcome back to another episode of the Whale Tales Podcast! This month we are talking all things Odontocetes -or rather the chompers that gave these Toothed Whales their name! 🦷 Show Notes: -The Naming of Things: The Disorder of the Order of Whale Names: https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-the-order-of-whale-names/ -The Naming of Things: The Ginkgo Toothed Whale: https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-ginkgo-toothed-beaked-whale/ -Development […]

Welcome back to another episode of the Whale Tales Podcast! This month we are talking all things Odontocetes -or rather the chompers that gave these Toothed Whales their name! 🦷 Show Notes: -The Naming of Things: The Disorder of the Order of Whale Names: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-the-order-of-whale-names/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-the-order-of-whale-names/</a> -The Naming of Things: The Ginkgo Toothed Whale: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-ginkgo-toothed-beaked-whale/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-ginkgo-toothed-beaked-whale/</a> -Development […]

Episode 056-Cetacean Teeth

Just in case our Orca Action Month mini eps weren’t special enough for you we have an extra special super fun episode today (maybe our fav of all time?) – that’s right it’s Oops All Stories! 😆🎉 The Stories: -An Evening Encounter with Type B Gerlache Orcas in Antarctica: https://whale-tales.org/an-evening-encounter-with-type-b-gerlache-orcas-in-antarctica-3-1-23/ -Christmas Eve Orcas: https://whale-tales.org/christmas-eve-orcas-24-12-22/ -Incredible […]

Just in case our Orca Action Month mini eps weren’t special enough for you we have an extra special super fun episode today (maybe our fav of all time?) – that’s right it’s Oops All Stories! 😆🎉 The Stories: -An Evening Encounter with Type B Gerlache Orcas in Antarctica: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/an-evening-encounter-with-type-b-gerlache-orcas-in-antarctica-3-1-23/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/an-evening-encounter-with-type-b-gerlache-orcas-in-antarctica-3-1-23/</a> -Christmas Eve Orcas: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/christmas-eve-orcas-24-12-22/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/christmas-eve-orcas-24-12-22/</a> -Incredible […]

Episode 055-Oops All Stories!

We are back, celebrating Orca Action Month with a short episode this week discussing the Galapagos Orca community.

Episode 054-Galapagos Orcas

It’s Orca Action Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month with a mini episode each week looking at specific orca ecotypes or communities – this week we are discussing Norwegian and Icelandic Orcas! Show Notes: -Norwegian Orca Catalogue: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_Norwegian_Orca_ID-Catalogue_2016_Version_2_/4205226/4 -Icelandic Orca Catalogue: http://orcaguardians.org/orca-id-catalogues/ -Krisztina’s Whale Tales: https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/krisztina/ -Judith’s Whale Tales: https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/judith/

It’s Orca Action Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month with a mini episode each week looking at specific orca ecotypes or communities – this week we are discussing Norwegian and Icelandic Orcas! Show Notes: -Norwegian Orca Catalogue: <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_Norwegian_Orca_ID-Catalogue_2016_Version_2_/4205226/4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_Norwegian_Orca_ID-Catalogue_2016_Version_2_/4205226/4</a> -Icelandic Orca Catalogue: <a href="http://orcaguardians.org/orca-id-catalogues/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://orcaguardians.org/orca-id-catalogues/</a> -Krisztina’s Whale Tales: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/krisztina/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/krisztina/</a> -Judith’s Whale Tales: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/judith/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/judith/</a>

Episode 053-Norwegian and Icelandic Orcas

Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast by discussing different ecotypes each week and we are kicking things off with the West Coast Community in Scotland Show Notes: -The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust: https://hwdt.org/ -“Dopey Dick”: https://hwdt.org/news/2016/4/1/famous-killer-whale-from-1977-dopey-dick-never-left-the-neighborhood

Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast by discussing different ecotypes each week and we are kicking things off with the West Coast Community in Scotland Show Notes: -The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust: <a href="https://hwdt.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hwdt.org/</a> -“Dopey Dick”: <a href="https://hwdt.org/news/2016/4/1/famous-killer-whale-from-1977-dopey-dick-never-left-the-neighborhood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hwdt.org/news/2016/4/1/famous-killer-whale-from-1977-dopey-dick-never-left-the-neighborhood</a>

Episode 052-The West Coast Community

Journal club is back! We are talking about the new paper “Type D” killer whale genomes reveal long-term small population size and low genetic diversity from Dr. Andrew Foote et al. Show Notes: Read the full paper! https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/114/2/94/7086686 More about Dr. Foote https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7384-1634

Journal club is back! We are talking about the new paper “Type D” killer whale genomes reveal long-term small population size and low genetic diversity from Dr. Andrew Foote et al. Show Notes: Read the full paper! <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/114/2/94/7086686" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/114/2/94/7086686</a> More about Dr. Foote <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7384-1634" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7384-1634</a>

Episode 051-Type D Killer Whale Genomes

We are back with Episode 50 of the Whale Tales Podcast! And to celebrate we are talking all things cetacean vocalizations. Show Notes: -Singing Humpbacks: https://whale-tales.org/singing-humpbacks-2-22/ -Specialized Sounds in Cetacean Communications: https://dosits.org/animals/advanced-topics-animals/specialized-sounds-in-cetacean-communication/

We are back with Episode 50 of the Whale Tales Podcast! And to celebrate we are talking all things cetacean vocalizations. Show Notes: -Singing Humpbacks: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/singing-humpbacks-2-22/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/singing-humpbacks-2-22/</a> -Specialized Sounds in Cetacean Communications: <a href="https://dosits.org/animals/advanced-topics-animals/specialized-sounds-in-cetacean-communication/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dosits.org/animals/advanced-topics-animals/specialized-sounds-in-cetacean-communication/</a>

Episode 050-Cetacean Vocalizations

It’s Dolphin Awareness Month🐬🐬🐬 We are celebrating with a Dolphin Fun Flipper Fact off! Show Notes: -Dynamics of the Aerial Maneuvers of Spinner: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/209/4/590/16484/Dynamics-of-the-aerial-maneuvers-of-spinner -Behavior of dusky dolphins foraging on the deep‐scattering layer in Kaikoura Canyon, New Zealand: https://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/1.4780714 -Lords of the Rings: Mud ring feeding by bottlenose dolphins in a Caribbean estuary revealed from […]

It’s Dolphin Awareness Month🐬🐬🐬 We are celebrating with a Dolphin Fun Flipper Fact off! Show Notes: -Dynamics of the Aerial Maneuvers of Spinner: <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/209/4/590/16484/Dynamics-of-the-aerial-maneuvers-of-spinner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/209/4/590/16484/Dynamics-of-the-aerial-maneuvers-of-spinner</a> -Behavior of dusky dolphins foraging on the deep‐scattering layer in Kaikoura Canyon, New Zealand: <a href="https://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/1.4780714" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/1.4780714</a> -Lords of the Rings: Mud ring feeding by bottlenose dolphins in a Caribbean estuary revealed from […]

Episode 049-Dolphin Fact Off

We’ve got another mailbag episode answering questions that were asked by you! Show Notes: -Dorsal Fins: https://baleinesendirect.org/en/dorsal-fins-from-killer-whales-to-narwhals/ -Environmental Impacts of Covid-19: https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-long-term-environmental-implications-of-covid-19-4b7a9937/ -Episode 028 – Fin Whales: https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-028-fin-whales/ -Structure of the cerebral cortex of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae) – Patrick R. Hof: https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.20407 -Marine Mammal Encyclopedia: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123735539000389 -Postmortem Neuroimaging of Cetacean […]

We’ve got another mailbag episode answering questions that were asked by you! Show Notes: -Dorsal Fins: <a href="https://baleinesendirect.org/en/dorsal-fins-from-killer-whales-to-narwhals/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://baleinesendirect.org/en/dorsal-fins-from-killer-whales-to-narwhals/</a> -Environmental Impacts of Covid-19: <a href="https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-long-term-environmental-implications-of-covid-19-4b7a9937/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-long-term-environmental-implications-of-covid-19-4b7a9937/</a> -Episode 028 – Fin Whales: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-028-fin-whales/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-028-fin-whales/</a> -Structure of the cerebral cortex of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae) – Patrick R. Hof: <a href="https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.20407" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.20407</a> -Marine Mammal Encyclopedia: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123735539000389" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123735539000389</a> -Postmortem Neuroimaging of Cetacean […]

Episode 048-2023 Mailbag

A monthly podcast bringing you stories, news, fun facts, and more about whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Get out your bulletin board and your string, this month we are talking about the very confusing Sei/Bryde’s/Omura’s/Eden’s/Rice’s Whales! Show Notes: -How the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s Whale became the Rice’s Whale: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/marine-mammal-protection/how-gulf-mexico-brydes-whale-became-rices-whale -A Surprise Season of Sei Whales! https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/

Get out your bulletin board and your string, this month we are talking about the very confusing Sei/Bryde’s/Omura’s/Eden’s/Rice’s Whales! Show Notes: -How the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s Whale became the Rice’s Whale: <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/marine-mammal-protection/how-gulf-mexico-brydes-whale-became-rices-whale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/marine-mammal-protection/how-gulf-mexico-brydes-whale-became-rices-whale</a> -A Surprise Season of Sei Whales! <a href="https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/https://whale-tales.org/a-surprise-season-of-sei-whales-2022/</a>

Episode 047-Sei/Bryde’s/Omura’s/Eden’s/Rice’s Whales

This month we are headed back up to the Arctic to talk about the longest living mammal, the Bowhead Whale! Show Notes: –The Bowhead Whale: Balaena Mysticetus: Biology and Human Interactions, Editors: J.C. George, J.G.M. Thewissen –The Naming of Things: Bowhead Whales –‘Twas the Night Before Dolphins

Episode 046-Bowhead Whales

Very exciting nerdy episode this month! We are talking to Judith Scott about her lifetime of whale watching adventures and talking a deep dive into all things Icelandic Orcas! Show Notes: -Judith’s stories: https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/judith/ -Laki Tours: https://lakitours.com/ -We are all Whalers by Michael Moore: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57331837 -Icelandic Orca Project: https://www.icelandic-orcas.com/ -Orca Guardians: Orca ID: https://orcaguardians.org/orca-id-catalogues/ -Join […]

Very exciting nerdy episode this month! We are talking to Judith Scott about her lifetime of whale watching adventures and talking a deep dive into all things Icelandic Orcas! Show Notes: -Judith’s stories: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/judith/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/category/storytellers/judith/</a> -Laki Tours: <a href="https://lakitours.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lakitours.com/</a> -We are all Whalers by Michael Moore: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57331837" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57331837</a> -Icelandic Orca Project: <a href="https://www.icelandic-orcas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.icelandic-orcas.com/</a> -Orca Guardians: Orca ID: <a href="https://orcaguardians.org/orca-id-catalogues/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://orcaguardians.org/orca-id-catalogues/</a> -Join […]

Episode 045-Icelandic Orcas

We are joined by returning guest Ashley Keegan this month to hear all about the whale watching season in the Salish Sea this year! Show Notes: –A Rare Visit from Risso’s Dolphins –Ashley’s Stories –SlomowaterAK on Instagram –Harbour Porpoises just Outside of English Bay –T065A5 “Indy’s” Adventures -Join us on Patreon for an extra Whale […]

Episode 044-Summer Report 2022

We are joined this month by Storyteller and long time friend of Whale Tales, Marcie Callewaert to discuss her 10+ years in whale watching off the coast of BC! –Read all of Marcie’s Whale Tales –Southern Resident’s wearing salmon hats

Episode 043-Marcie Callewaert

Journal club is back! This month we are discussing the paper Extracting foraging behavior from passive acoustic monitoring data to better understand harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) foraging habitat use by Nicole R. E. Todd, Mark Jessopp, Emer Rogan, Ailbhe S. Kavanagh, published in June 2022 Show Notes: –the full paper –Nicole Todd on Twitter -A […]

Episode 042-Harbor Porpoise Foraging Habitat Use

We are back with an on the nose episode – it’s all about rostrums! Show Notes: -Evolutionary Steps for Blowholes on Whales and Dolphins: https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-evolutionary-steps-for-the-blowhole-on-whales-and-dolphins -Review of Cetacean Noses: https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.23034 -The Naming of Blackfish: https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-blackfish/ -Northern Bottlenose Whales in Nova Scotia: https://whale-tales.org/northern-bottlenose-whales-in-nova-scotia—july-2021/

We are back with an on the nose episode – it’s all about rostrums! Show Notes: -Evolutionary Steps for Blowholes on Whales and Dolphins: <a href="https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-evolutionary-steps-for-the-blowhole-on-whales-and-dolphins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-evolutionary-steps-for-the-blowhole-on-whales-and-dolphins</a> -Review of Cetacean Noses: <a href="https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.23034" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.23034</a> -The Naming of Blackfish: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-blackfish/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-blackfish/</a> -Northern Bottlenose Whales in Nova Scotia: <a href="https://whale-tales.org/northern-bottlenose-whales-in-nova-scotia—july-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whale-tales.org/northern-bottlenose-whales-in-nova-scotia—july-2021/</a>

Episode 041-Rostrums

It’s the last week of Orca Awareness Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. Last but certainly not least: the Southern Resident Killer Whales! Show Notes: –Be Whale Wise -See a Blow Go Slow –Southern Resident Whale Tales –2022 Measures […]

Episode 040-Southern Resident Killer Whales

It’s Orca Awareness Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. Next up: Northern Resident Killer Whales! Show Notes: –Northern Resident Whale Tales

Episode 039-Northern Resident Killer Whales

It’s Orca Awareness Month! We are celebrating Killer Whales this month by releasing mini episodes each week about the ecotypes off the coast of BC. Next up: Bigg’s Killer Whales! Show Notes: –Bigg’s Killer Whale Whale Tales –April Starts off with a Bang –Incredible Encounter with the T123’s and T124A’s –Epic Day with the T36A’s […]

Episode 038-Bigg’s Killer Whales

Amazing facts but no sperm whale facts!!!!!

Where are the sperm whales!!!!!

Only 30 seconds in and they’re already othering all male listeners...plenty more podcasts to listen to than to have to put up with this any more

Oh no, more anti-male bias

Whale Tales Podcast

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 […]

Episode 018 – Sperm Whales

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

Episode 013 – The Story of Us

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 […]

Episode 014 – Unique Feeding Strategies

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!

Episode 010-Narwhals!

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 […]

Episode 011 – Sexual Behaviour in Cetaceans

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!

Episode 012- Dolphin Awareness Month

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 […]

Mailbag Episode One

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

Episode 009 – Belugas and Happy Holidays!

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

Episode 008 – Porpoise Conservation Society

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 […]

Episode 007 – Whale Falls

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