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09/10/2025

Happy Celebrating by sharing interviews with OctoNation® - The Largest Octopus Fan Club! Sy Montgomery, Danna Staaf & an excerpt from Octopus Ocean by Mark Leiren-Young + Orca Book Publishers

Arming you with all the octopus news!

30/09/2025

Our latest episode.

And the latest on the southern residents, humpbacks, octopuses and more in our ocean news update for Sept. 2025

14/09/2025

Damn.

Late in the morning on September 12th, several sources alerted CWR researchers to apparent sightings of a southern resident killer whale pushing a deceased calf in Rosario Strait. CWR researchers arrived in the area in the early afternoon, and sadly were able to confirm that southern resident J36 was pushing a deceased female neonate, with umbilical cord still attached.

Based on the size of the calf, we estimate that the calf was either full term or near full term. It is unclear if this was a stillbirth or if the calf died shortly after birth. Based on when we last observed J36, this calf would have been born within the last 3 days.

Researchers from SR3, SeaDoc Society, and the Whale Museum soon arrived on scene and conducted further documentation and measurement. We will share more when we can, and work with the other research teams to piece together what information we can about this calf and J36’s status.

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16/08/2025

Orcas Everywhere!

So that means it's time to share our home with them... right?

21/07/2025

Why are there no basking sharks in BC? Because in the 1950s the Canadian government decided they were "dangerous pests" and killed 'em all. With spikes. A coast guard vessel rammed ‘em with spikes. My interview with the late Dr. Murray Newman on the end of basking sharks in BC waters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Uz1BEPUY4&t=9s Happy

Murray Newman, founding curator of the Vancouver Aquarium, talks with Mark Leiren-Young about the demise of BC's basking sharks in the early 1960s.

24/06/2025

Orca spa days🐳

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21/06/2025

David Shiffman, Author of Why Sharks Matter, on 50 Years of Jaws vs. Sharks

20/06/2025

Talking Jaws on th latest Skaana🦈

David Shiffman, Author of Why Sharks Matter, on 50 Years of Jaws vs. Sharks

03/06/2025

Happy Ocean Week Canada - Semaine de l'océan Canada & Ocean Week Victoria - links to what's up - and what's up in the ocean in our latest Substack🐳

And Happy Ocean Week! Ocean Week Canada starts tomorrow!!!

28/05/2025

You have the chance to make a significant impact and help us launch our next at-sea campaign, whether it's to Iceland, the Faroe Islands, or to oppose Deep Sea Mining. For a donation of $250, we will proudly add your name to the hallways of our ship, the John Paul DeJoria. This is not just an opport...

10/05/2025

Thrilled to be sharing Mark Leiren-Young's latest interview about the powerful new documentary- Resident Orca and the Lummi Nation's fight to **ta

The epic story of the orca known as Lo**ta, Tokitae and Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut

08/05/2025

Thrilled to be sharing the story of Resident Orca - the powerful new documentary about the Lummi Nation's attempt to bring the world's oldest captive orca home to the Salish Sea from a tank at the Miami Seaquarium Mark Leiren-Young talks with executive producer and one of the human stars of the movie. Now on Crave
https://open.spotify.com/episode/24ycnoCaqW50Ko9U6rS51l?si=1d203e51b4834e83

Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, Eco-Ethics & The Environment · Episode