In winter 2024 we welcomed 8 new calves into the coastal Bigg’s killer whale population including T086A5 pictured here with Mum. Find the full population update at baycetology.org/population-upd…

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The news about Kʷiisaḥiʔis lately has been encouraging but she’s still not free. Help us help her by donating at gofundme.com/f/kiisaiis-bra…

Kʷiisaḥiʔis is free and now we wait.. westcoastnow.ca/2024/05/02/bra…

The annual update of the NRKW ID app is now available! Updates include the addition of calves born in 2023, updated ID photos for over ninety individuals, and a list of the individuals dead and missing in 2023 (“News” section). Get it free on the Apple Store or Google Play.

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This quarter we welcome 6 newly identified youngsters into the coastal Bigg’s population including T038B2 pictured here and say goodbye to a couple others. baycetology.org/population-upd…

Due to high demand for updates on the orphaned juvenile Bigg’s killer whale Kʷiisaḥiʔis/T109A3A we have issued a media release at baycetology.org/media-communic…

The day after we issue a press release about not knowing where Kʷiisaḥiʔis/Brave Little Hunter is and a whale matching her description turns up in Friendly Cove 😊

Pleased to have helped facilitate this recently published study on humpback whale prey. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cj…

The Bay Cetology fundraising auction is now live at 32auctions.com/baycetology and it is also a good time for an update on Kʷiisaḥiʔis (Brave Little Hunter) aka T109A3A and her kin with thanks to data contributors on finwave.io.

Bigg’s killer whale population updates from the final quarter of 2024 are now posted at baycetology.org/population-upd… and include this little one, T068C3A ☺️

We are receiving daily requests for updates on Kʷiisaḥiʔis so spoke to spoke to a couple journalists lately. Here is an update from Larry Pynn sixmountains.ca/article/2cf8e9…

Hope 🤞🏼timescolonist.com/local-news/hop…

Our new paper by Celine van Weelden on conspecifics scarring in killer whales is now published open access in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology at rdcu.be/eccmc.

AI for killer whales with finwave.io pugetsoundinstitute.org/whale-watching…

BC’s first record of a Bryde’s whale recently stranded dead on Northern Vancouver Island.