This month on the podcast we are finally talking about Grey Whales! We talked to Dr. Clara Bird about her research on the Pacific Coast Feeding Group of Grey Whales in Oregon, Grey Whales as a whole (and the issues they are facing), and her work in photogrammetry. It’s super cool and nerdy and full of interesting whale facts – just the way we like it. Show Notes: -Find Clara on Bluesky and Instagram -Find Gemm Lab on Instagram –Back on the Water with Grey Whales  –A Familiar Face

Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating by talking all things Killer Whale with Nancy Black from the California Killer Whale Project. We get into all the different ecotypes and populations of Orca seen in California (hint: it’s a LOT), plus Grey Whale hunts and some amazing stories from Nancy’s 35+ years studying Killer Whales in California. Show Notes: -Monterey Bay Whale Watch: gowhales.com -Instagram: Monterey_Bay_Whale_watch California Killer Whale Project: californiakllerwhaleproject.org -Instagram: californiakillerwhaleproject -Eastern Tropical Pacific Killer Whale Whale Tales: https://whale-tales.org/category/dolphins/killer-whale/eastern-tropical-pacific-killer-whales/ -Risso’s Dolphins Chase Killer Whales: https://whale-tales.org/rissos-dolphins-chase-killer-whales/

This month on the Whale Tales Podcast we welcomed Dr Shanan Atkins from the Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin Conservation Network or HuDoNet. Shanan joins us to tell us all about Humpback dolphins including her work on Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins, more on the differences between the four species and all about HuDoNet and the work they are doing. Show Notes: HuDoNet.org HuDoNet’s LinkedIn HuDoNet’s Facebook Hudonet’s Instagram (@hudonet) A Close Encounter with Two Cetacean Species: https://whale-tales.org/a-close-encounter-with-two-cetacean-species/

This month on the Whale Tales Podcast we welcomed Regina Asmutis-Silvia, the Executive Director and Senior Biologist of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation – North America. We chat about North Atlantic Right Whales, some of the super cool new technologies being used in fishing to decrease entanglement in large whales, and other research that’s happening to help these endangered animals. Plus: Regina shares her journey to becoming the Executive Director of a nonprofit and tells us about some of her cool and random cetacean sightings! Listen wherever you get your podcasts🎧 Show Notes -WDC North America: https://us.whales.org/ –Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn -Tell NOAA: North Atlantic Right Whales Need the Vessel Speed Rule: https://endangered.quorum.us/campaign/159842/

After years of exploring the deep mysteries of whales, dolphins, and porpoises… we’ve realized something. We’ve been ignoring the TRUE titans of the sea. Creatures so majestic, so misunderstood, that sailors once mistook them for mermaids. So today, we are pivoting – Welcome to: The Sirenian Podcast.

It’s Dolphin Awareness Month! We are celebrating by chatting with researcher Sarah Matthews about a species we have long neglected – Common Dolphins🐬 It’s just a bunch of dolphin girls this month so join us! Show Notes: -The Dolphin Zone: dolphinzone.org – the Cetacean Strandings Information Programme: ukstrandings.org –Marine Strandings Hotline -British Divers Marine Life Rescue: bdmlr.org.uk/ -A Poignant Encounter with a Common Dolphin: https://whale-tales.org/a-poignant-encounter-with-a-common-dolphin/

We have a wonderful episode for you this month on the Whale Tales Podcast – we talk to Tom Cezimbra about Guiana Dolphins (ever heard of them?), his research with these cetaceans and his unique career journey that has led to his current PhD. We hope you enjoy it as much as did! Show Notes: –Happy Whale -Follow Tom on Instagram: instagram.com/tom.cezimbra and Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/guianadolphin.bsky.social -A Boat Long Whale! https://whale-tales.org/a-boat-long-whale/ -Visit our Patreon for an extra Whale Tale from Tom from Whale Wise – listen at any level!

We are kicking the year off with a fantastic conversation with Elizabeth Zwamborn. We talk to her about Pilot Whales, Bottlenose Whales, Sperm Whales, cetaceans on the East Coast of Canada, her journey through academia and all sorts of other great super nerdy things – join us! Show Notes -Elizabeth’s other Whale Tales: https://whale-tales.org/?s=elizabeth -Flipper Slapping Pilot Whales: https://whale-tales.org/flipper-slapping-pilot-whales-2025/ -Sex in Cetaceans book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3 -Instagram: @offshoreorca on Instagram, -The Cape Breton Pilot Whale Project on Facebook: facebook.com/pilotwhalesofcanada -Pilot Whales Of Canada: pilotwhalesofcanada.com 

Happy December! This month we are taking a break for the holidays but we would never leave you without an episode so we are releasing our December 2024 Whale Tales Watches episode on Mystic Christmas as a holiday gift for all of you! Last year we teamed up with The Charts & Hearts Podcast to discuss this Hallmark movie – a movie with not enough seals and too many winter coats! Also we’re still mad it’s not called Sealed With a Kiss 🙄. If you enjoyed this episode you can get bi monthly Whale Tales Watches episodes from us at the $10/month level of Patreon. You can check out the Charts & Hearts Podcast on Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts!

We’ve got another great episode for you this month. We welcome Dr. Jeremy Kiszka to the pod to talk about his research on cetaceans and marine ecology including cool species like Dwarf Sperm Whales. Jeremy also shares part of his career journey and offers some really great advices for young scientists. Show Notes: -The Society for Marine Mammology: https://marinemammalscience.org/ -Fahlo: https://myfahlo.com/en-ca -Join our Patreon to hear us discuss “The Great Whale Conveyor Belt” a paper Jeremy co authored! patreon.com/whaletales -Special Encounter with Fraser’s Dolphins: https://whale-tales.org/special-encounter-with-frasers-dolphins-8-25/ -Hundreds of Whales and Dolphins: https://whale-tales.org/hundreds-of-whales-and-dolphins-2021