EVENT ALERT!
Are you involved in the conservation/environmental sector? Are you interested in connecting with fellow folks who work, volunteer, and engage in this field on the Lower Mainland? Let’s get together!
www.raincoast.org/event/2026-t...
A new study published in Scientific Reports by a team of scientists from Ocean Wise, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and the University of Victoria demonstrates that, for killer whales, the costs of motherhood can last a lifetime.
www.raincoast.org/press/mother...
Killer whale mothers struggle to regain body fat with more offspring. #Drone photography reveals insights into #NorthernResidentKillerWhale motherhood
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Dr Peter Ross, Senior Scientist at Raincoast, together with Dr Anna Posacka at Ocean Positive Solutions, are helping to lead advisory efforts to support the Government of Canada’s plastic science agenda through a national symposium this week: www.raincoast.org/2026/02/nati...
This report highlights results from the first wet (winter) season sampling carried out with the support and participation of the Lower Nicola Indian Band (LNIB) and Nooaitch Indian Band (NIB). (3/3) www.raincoast.org/reports/nico...
Two Raincoast sampling events take place every year in each watershed, the first in the dry season (summer), and the second in the wet season (winter). (2/3)
💧Water is essential for life, and steps are needed to understand, protect and restore its health in fish habitat throughout BC.
The Raincoast Healthy Waters program was launched in 2023 to establish community-oriented water pollution monitoring in select BC watersheds... (1/3)
Recently, our Wolf Conservation Program had the pleasure of delivering two presentations at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre.
www.raincoast.org/2026/02/embr...
📆Check out the next one where we’ll dive into the world of plants and animals in the temperate rainforest: www.raincoast.org/events/
Step into a creek walker’s boots!
Join Auston Chhor, Raincoast’s Salmon Habitat Biologist, in Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Territory to monitor the fall salmon runs, the organic fuel that powers the incredible ecological productivity across the coast: youtu.be/y3Ebr3P2Owg
Using thermal infrared drones, we are identifying thermal refuges (cold spots) in the Coldwater River, the largest tributary of the Nicola River. We then conduct snorkel surveys to characterize aquatic habitat and understand how salmon use these sites. www.raincoast.org/2026/02/ther...
📣Event alert!
Join Priya Puri, our Forest Conservation Program Coordinator, to dive into the world of plants and animals in the temperate rainforest!
📆When? March 16, 10:30 am
📍Where? Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre
Ages 8+ with an adult, register now: www.raincoast.org/event/wildli...
New 📰| Assessing cumulative effects to support Indigenous-led ecosystem-based management in salmon watersheds 🐟 https://ow.ly/KHgB50YbSHm
🖼️ The “Salmon Forest” within a watershed—illustrated by Briony Penn.
UBC Science, University of Victoria
#IndigenousScience #Ecosystem #Salmon #Conservation
"Belugas travel to warm, shallow estuaries to give birth and care for their young. Knowledge holders inform us that some of these estuaries have been visited by belugas for several hundred years. But not just any estuary will do!"
A summary of our new BES paper by @jaclynaubin.bsky.social 👇
Relationship status: committed to the coast.
Happy Valentine’s Day - today, and everyday, is a great time to protect what you LOVE.
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In collaboration with Simon Fraser University and the Saturna Island Marine Research and Education Society (SIMRES), we've been analyzing acoustic recordings from underwater hydrophones to try to understand how underwater noise affects the endangered Southern Resident killer whales.
Killer whale, or kazoo? Sound on!
www.raincoast.org/2026/02/what...
us too! 💚
#DidYouKnow wolves in mountainous regions, like those of BC, roam some of the largest home ranges of any land mammal? A wolf’s home range is the area where all its life needs are met – from hunting grounds and travel corridors to den sites and pup-rearing areas.
www.raincoast.org/2026/02/wolf...
New scientific review highlights the complex and culturally rich social lives of beluga whales: #belugas live in multilevel, dynamic societies shaped by kinship, sex, and culture. www.raincoast.org/2026/02/soci...
Some of the best insight from science requires looking at a ‘system’ from a couple different vantages...
In a new paper out late last year in Nature Publishing Group’s Scientific Reports, our team did just that: www.raincoast.org/2026/02/effe...
Why would this happen? What are the solutions?
Our open-access freely-accessed paper contained answers. We also authored an op-ed in The Globe and Mail the week after the incident. These sources of information offered key insight at an important time. Learn more: www.raincoast.org/2026/01/util...
We couldn’t anticipate that this topic would soon be top of mind for many in BC, and around the world. But in late November, the most alarming case of bear-human conflict in recent history took place in the Bella Coola valley, where we had conducted our research.
A paper authored by Raincoast scientists became the most downloaded article of The Canadian Journal of Zoology in 2025.
“Grizzly bears detected at ecotourism sites are less likely than predicted by chance to encounter conflict,” had been read by almost 1,500 independent users last year. (Continued)
Our newest paper is out! "Beluga societies: the social and cultural lives of an enigmatic odontocete" is now published in Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology.
doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03630-3
Led by @jaclynaubin.bsky.social with our collaborators @raincoast.org & GREMM. Check out Jaclyn's thread 👇.
We have a new paper out this week "Beluga societies: the social and cultural lives of an enigmatic odontocete" led by @jaclynaubin.bsky.social. Our collaborators @raincoast.org have made this cool video highlighting some key elements of our paper. Check it out: 👇
This is one of the most rewarding reviews I’ve ever had the pleasure of participating in! So pleased to see it published. First author @jaclynaubin.bsky.social summarizes it beautifully.
Do belugas have bromances?
A new scientific review by a research team including Raincoast scientists just dropped at Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, bringing together decades of research to provide the most complete picture yet of the social nature of belugas.
www.raincoast.org/2026/01/do-b...
a white beluga tail emerging from the water
We thank our partners @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social, @raincoast.org, GREMM, NSERC, and all the authors and researchers whose tireless work made this review possible!
We have a press release available for media, feel free to get in touch! #cdnmedia #press www.raincoast.org/press/cultur...
A white beluga surfacing in greenish-brown waters. Overlaid is the title of a new review published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology: Beluga Societies: the social and cultural lives of an enigmatic odontocete.
Our new review of beluga sociality and culture just dropped at Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology! Some of our key conclusions summarized 🧵
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@marine-valeria.bsky.social @dmennill.bsky.social @raincoast.org
Today is a good day to follow @jaclynaubin.bsky.social. She has an imminent announcement about some fresh beluga research. #belugas #ConservationScience
